Water quality modeling in the Rio Chone estuary

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-810

  Stram, D L ^a,c   Kincaid, C R ^a   Campbell, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c North Pacific Fishery Management Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN); Estuarine modeling; Inverse estuary; Mangrove conversion; Shrimp mariculture

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; WATER QUALITY;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHONE;

EID: 23044497041     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/011-NIS.1     Document Type: Article

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