Spatial and seasonal patterns of salinity in a large and shallow tropical estuary of the western caribbean

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 906-916

  Carrillo, Laura ^a   Palacios Hernández, Emilio ^b   Yescas, Mario ^a   Ramírez Manguilar, Ana María ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Belize; Caribbean; Chetumal; Chetumal Bay; Mesoamerican reef system; Seasonality; Tropical estuary; Western Caribbean

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND PROFILE;

CHETUMAL BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 70350228935     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9196-2     Document Type: Article

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