Submarine groundwater discharge to the coastal environment of a Mediterranean island (Majorca, Spain): Ecosystem and biogeochemical significance

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 629-643

  Basterretxea, Gotzon ^a   Tovar Sanchez, Antonio ^a   Beck, Aaron J ^b   Masqué, Pere ^c   Bokuniewicz, Henry J ^d   Coffey, Ruth ^d   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^c   Garcia Solsona, Esther ^c   Martinez Ribes, Lorena ^a   Vaquer Sunyer, Raquel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Islands; Majorca; Mediterranean; Nutrients; pCO2; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POREWATER; RADIUM; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 77954955032     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9334-5     Document Type: Article

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