Salt-wedge propagation in a Mediterranean micro-tidal river mouth

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 174-184

  Haralambidou, Kiriaki ^a   Sylaios, Georgios ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological consequences; Saline intrusion; Salt wedge estuary; Strymon River; Turbidity maximum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOOD; FLUSHING; FRESHWATER INPUT; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SILICATE; SILL; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; SERRAI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; STRYMON ESTUARY;

EID: 78449257792     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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