Implications of Colorado river (Texas, USA) freshwater inflow to benthic ecosystem dynamics: A modeling study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-504

  Kim, Hae Cheol ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic; ecosystem model; estuary; freshwater inflow; salinity

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIOENERGETICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INFLOW; LOW FLOW; MACROBENTHOS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SALINITY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349113354     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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