Groundwater pollution in a karstic region (NE Yucatan): Baseline nutrient content and flux to coastal ecosystems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 517-528

  Hernández Terrones, Laura ^a   Rebolledo Vieyra, Mario ^a   Merino Ibarra, Martin ^b   Soto, Melina ^a   Le Cossec, Adrien ^a   Monroy Ríos, Emiliano ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef; Springs; Submarine groundwater discharge; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REEFS; SILICATES; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SUBMARINES; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SILICATE;

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORAL REEF; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SILICATE; SPRING WATER; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LAGOON; MANGROVE; MEXICO; NUTRIENT CONTENT; REEF LAGOON; SALINITY; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80053575552     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0664-x     Document Type: Article

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