Salt-wedge intrusion of seawater and its implication for phytoplankton dynamics in the Yura Estuary, Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-414

  Kasai, Akihide ^a   Kurikawa, Yoshiro ^a   Ueno, Masahiro ^b   Robert, Dominique ^b   Yamashita, Yoh ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

estuarine dynamics; phytoplankton; river discharge; seasonal changes; stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; STRATIFICATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; KYOTO; YURA ESTUARY;

EID: 74649086484     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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