Abstract
A large set of data obtained from several monitoring programmes covering more than 3 years of registration of environmental parameters in the Oosterschelde estuary were used to evaluate seasonal trends in dissolved nutritive compounds. The deviations from conservative behaviour were calculated. It is concluded that specific estuarine processes rule the distributions of nitrogen compounds within the estuary and that these processes are largely dependent on the input of organic material from the sea. Levels of silica are almost completely governed by fresh water discharges throughout the year, except for the Keeten-Krammer area in spring. Phosphorus concentrations are steady throughout the year with minor influences of exchange with sediment in spring and summer and an influence of the North Sea in spring.
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