A Hydrological Budget (2002-2008) for a Large Subtropical Wetland Ecosystem Indicates Marine Groundwater Discharge Accompanies Diminished Freshwater Flow

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 459-474

  Saha, Amartya K ^a   Moses, Christopher S ^a   Price, R M ^a   Engel, Victor ^b   Smith, Thomas J ^c   Anderson, Gordon ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Everglades National Park   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Everglades; Groundwater discharge; Hydrological budget; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ECOTONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEEPAGE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VOLUME; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EVERGLADES; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; SHARK RIVER SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84857648813     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9454-y     Document Type: Article

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