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Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone pp 139–178Cite as

Evaluating the Potential Importance of Groundwater-Derived Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Inputs to South Carolina and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems

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  1. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, GA, 30602-3636, USA

    Samantha B. Joye

  2. Virginia Institute of Marin Sciences, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, USA

    Deborah A. Bronk

  3. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georga, Athens, GA, 30602-3636, USA

    Dirk J. Koopmans

  4. Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Willard S. Moore

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Joye, S.B., Bronk, D.A., Koopmans, D.J., Moore, W.S. (2006). Evaluating the Potential Importance of Groundwater-Derived Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Inputs to South Carolina and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems. In: Kleppel, G.S., DeVoe, M.R., Rawson, M.V. (eds) Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone. Springer Series on Evironmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29023-0_7

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