Sea ice, hydrological, and biological processes in the Churchill River estuary region, Hudson Bay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-384

  Kuzyk, Z A ^a,b   Macdonald, R W ^b,c   Granskog, M A ^b   Scharien, R K ^d   Galley, R J ^b   Michel, C ^a,b   Barber, D ^b   Stern, G ^a,b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; climate change; flaw lead; frozen estuary; Hudson Bay; river plume; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TURBIDITY;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CHURCHILL ESTUARY; HUDSON BAY; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40849142140     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.030     Document Type: Article

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