Miño River dams discharge on neighbor Galician Rias Baixas (NW Iberian Peninsula): Hydrological, chemical and biological changes in water column

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 52-62

  deCastro, Maite ^a   Alvarez, I ^a   Varela, M ^b   Prego, R ^c   Gomez Gesteira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia; hydrography; intrusion; nutrient salts; plume; primary production

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; DAM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SALT; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; MINHO RIVER; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE PONTEVEDRA; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 33748929844     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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