Light regime and components of turbidity in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-133

  Obrador, Biel ^a   Pretus, Joan Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; coastal lagoons; light attenuation; light partitioning; macrophytes; shallow lakes; turbidity; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER LEVEL;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

RUPPIA CIRRHOSA;

EID: 39449129083     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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