An assessment of karstic submarine groundwater and associated nutrient discharge to a Mediterranean coastal area (Balearic Islands, Spain) using radium isotopes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-229

  Garcia Solsona, E ^a   Garcia Orellana, J ^a,b   Masque P ^a   Garces E ^c   Radakovitch, O ^d   Mayer, A ^d   Estrade S ^e   Basterretxea, G ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e Institut Menorquí d'Estudis IME OBSAM   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater discharge; Inorganic nutrients; Karstic springs phytoplankton proliferations; Radium isotopes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KARST; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 76649092758     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9368-y     Document Type: Article

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