Hydrographic variability on a coastal shelf directly influenced by estuarine outflow

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 939-950

  Dzwonkowski, Brian ^a   Park, Kyeong ^a,b   Kyung Ha, Ho ^b   Graham, William M ^a,b   Hernandez, Frank J ^a   Powers, Sean P ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama shelf; Gulf of Mexico; Mobile Bay; Salinity; Sub tidal variability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; HYDROGRAPH; MOORING SYSTEM; OUTFLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ALABAMA; ALABAMA SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955721447     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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