Water quality variability and eutrophic trends in karstic tropical coastal lagoons of the Yucatán Peninsula

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 418-430

  Tapia González, Fedro U ^a   Herrera Silveira, Jorge A ^a   Aguirre Macedo, Maria L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

eutrophication; karst; submarine groundwater; tropical coastal lagoons; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTURBATION; COASTAL LAGOON; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; KARST; LAND USE; NITRATE; SILICATE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CELESTUN LAGOON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 36749002233     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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