Coastal upwelling supplies oxygen-depleted water to the columbia river estuary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Roegner, G Curtis ^a   Needoba, Joseph A ^b   Baptista, António M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; RIVER; SALMON; TIDE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WIND; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

EID: 79955408464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018672     Document Type: Article

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