Seasonality of hydrographic variables in a coastal lagoon: Mar Chiquita, Argentina

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-347

  Marcovecchio, Jorge ^a   Freije, Hugo ^b   De Marco, Silvia ^c   Gavio, Andrea ^c   Ferrer, Laura ^d   Andrade, Santiago ^e   Beltrame, Ornela ^c   Asteasuain, Raúl ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Nutrients; Physicochemical parameters; Pigments; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; LAGOON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33745426572     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.719     Document Type: Article

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