Short time-scale wind forced variability in the Río de la Plata Estuary and its role on ichthyoplankton retention

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-226

  Simionato, C G ^a,b   Berasategui, A ^c,e   Meccia, V L ^a   Acha, M ^c,d,e   Mianzan, H ^c,e  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^e Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

60 54 W and 34 37 S; bathymetric control; numerical model; retention processes; R o de la Plata Estuary; wind variability

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETENTION; SPAWNING GROUND; TIMESCALE; WIND FORCING;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 36849008710     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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