Between estuaries and the sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 169-185

  Dame, R F ^a   Allen, D M ^b  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina Baruch Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum; Estuarine; Exchange; Export; Import; Lagoons; Material flux; Nursery; Outwelling; Retention; Riverine; Salt Marsh; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ESTUARIES; MATERIAL FLUX; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES;

EID: 0030588360     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02642-1     Document Type: Article

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