Water column light attenuation in Danshuei River estuary, Taiwan

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 425-436

  Liu, Wen Cheng ^a   Hsu, Ming Hsi ^b   Chen, Shu Yi ^b   Wu, Chi Ray ^b   Kuo, Albert Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Danshuei River estuary; Light attenuation; Salinity; Secchi depth; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINE WATER; SUN;

ACTIVE RADIATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR);

WATER RESOURCES;

LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SALINITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; DANSHUEI ESTUARY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 18444389787     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03746.x     Document Type: Article

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