Nitrogen cycling in an estuarine upwelling system, the Ria de Arousa (NW Spain). I. Short-time-scale patterns of hydrodynamic and biogeochemical circulation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 259-273

  Alvarez Salgado, X A ^a   Roson G ^a   Perez F F ^a   Figueiras, F G ^a   Pazos, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mussel rafts; Nitrogen speciation; Rias Baixas (NW Spain); Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CIRCULATION; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUSSEL; NITROGEN CYCLING; UPWELLING;

SPAIN, RIA DE AROUSA;

EID: 0029667413     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135259     Document Type: Article

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