Nutrient Loading Effects on Biogeochemistry in Three Tropical Tidal Creeks
Three field surveys in Darwin Harbour, Australia, compared water quality, sediment composition, and metabolic processes in tidal creeks under different sewage loads. Buffalo Creek, receiving the largest sewage input, showed benthic nutrient fluxes over an order of magnitude higher than the oligotrophic Reference Creek. The study, likely from the Australian Ocean Data Network, identified pelagic primary production and denitrification efficiency as key processes affected by nutrient loading.