The salinity response of an inverse estuary to climate change & desalination

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-59

  Nunes Vaz, Richard A ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate changes; Desalination; Estuarine dynamics; Inverse estuary; ISW; Salinity; South Australia; Spencer Gulf

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855881873     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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