Net ecosystem metabolism of a coastal embayment fertilised by upwelling and continental runoff

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 400-413

  Villegas Rios D ^a   Alvarez Salgado X A ^a   Piedracoba, S ^a,b,c   Roson G ^b   Labarta, U ^a   Fernandez Reiriz M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental runoff; Downwelling; Net ecosystem production; Nutrient salts; R a; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DOWNWELLING; KINEMATICS; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SALT; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; RIA DE ARES-BETANZOS; RIAS ALTAS; SPAIN;

EID: 79951853921     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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