Riverine discharge into a coastal bay: A stable isotope study in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-145

  Voss, M ^a   Liskow, I ^a   Pastuszak, M ^b   Ruae D ^a   Schulte, U ^c   Dippner, J W ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Mixing diagrams; River plume front; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRITION; RIVERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

COASTAL SYSTEMS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); FRESH WATER; VISTULA RIVER PLUME;

COASTAL ZONES;

RIVER DISCHARGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; POLAND; VISTULA RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 22844431656     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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