Seasonal changes in oceanographic processes at an equatorial macrotidal beach in northern Brazil

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-106

  Pereira, Luci Cajueiro Carneiro ^a,c   Silva, Nayra Ires Sozinho da ^b   Costa, Rauquírio Marinho da ^a   Asp, Nils Edvin ^b   Costa, Kelli Garboza da ^b   Vila Concejo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Alameda Leandro Ribeiro sn   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon coast; Hydrodynamic; Phytoplankton biomass; Praia da Princesa; River discharge

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED MATTER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; WAVE HEIGHT;

AMAZON ESTUARY; BRAZIL;

EID: 84863472977     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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