The role of freshwater inflow in lagoons, rivers, and bays

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 667, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-67

  Palmer, Terence A ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a   Pollack, Jennifer Beseres ^a   Kalke, Richard D ^a   DeYoe, Hudson R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Macrofauna; Meta analysis; Nutrients; Salinity; Texas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; BAY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; META-ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; RIVER; SALINITY; SILICATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953716783     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0637-0     Document Type: Article

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