Climate change response of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (Spain) using a hydrodynamic finite element model

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-129

  De Pascalis, Francesca ^a   Pérez Ruzafa, Angel ^b   Gilabert, Javier ^c   Marcos, Concepción ^b   Umgiesser, Georg ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrodynamic model; Mar Menor; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PROTECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84861962257     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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