Transitional waters: A new approach, semantics or just muddying the waters?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 359-363

  McLusky, D S ^a   Elliott, M ^b  

^a University of Hull ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brackish waters; coastal waters; definitions; estuaries; transitional waters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846340746     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.08.025     Document Type: Editorial

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