Dissolved oxygen in contrasting estuaries of the Bay of Biscay: Effects of temperature, river discharge and chlorophyll a

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 57-71

  Iriarte, Arantza ^a   Aravena, Guillermo ^a   Villate, Fernando ^a   Uriarte, Ibon ^a   Ibáñez, Berta ^b,f   Llope, Marcos ^c,e   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Barakaldo   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible Junta de Andalucía   (Spain)

^f Biomedical Research Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Chlorophyll; Dissolved oxygen; Estuary; Generalised additive models; River discharge; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLUSHING; HYDROGRAPHY; HYPOXIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATURATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; BILBAO ESTUARY; SPAIN; URDAIBAI ESTUARY; VIZCAYA;

EID: 78649590446     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08812     Document Type: Article

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