Regime shifts, trends and interannual variations of water level in Mirim Lagoon, southern Brazil;Mudanças de regime, tendências e variações interanuais de nível na Lagoa Mirim, sul do Brasil

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-94

  Hirata, Fernando E ^a   Möller Júnior, Osmar O ^b   Mata, Mauricio M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate changes; El ni o southern oscillation; Hydrological cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251565571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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