Salinity trend and variation in the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast and in the Curonian Lagoon in 1984-2005

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Dailidiene, Inga ^a   Davuliene, Lina ^a,b  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Curonian Lagoon; Klaip da Strait; Nemunas River runoff; Salinity; Variations

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BALTIC SEA; CURONIAN LAGOON; NEMUNAS RIVER RUNOFF; SALINITY; VARIATIONS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COASTAL LAGOON; DREDGING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERMEABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SALINITY; STRAIT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BALTIC STATES; CURONIAN LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; KLAIPEDA; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049181838     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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