An overview of physical and ecological processes in the Rio de la Plata Estuary

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1579-1588

  Marcelo Acha, E ^a,b,c   Mianzan, Hermes ^a,c   Guerrero, Raúl ^a,b   Carreto, José ^a,b   Giberto, Diego ^a,c   Montoya, Norma ^a   Carignan, Mario ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

34 37 S latitude; 54 58 W longitude; Argentina; Brackishwater ecology; Review; Salt wedge estuaries; South America; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MACTRA ISABELLEANA; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; MYSIDA; NEOMYSIS AMERICANA; PISCES;

EID: 46149116315     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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