Tidal and Groundwater Fluxes to a Shallow, Microtidal Estuary: Constraining Inputs Through Field Observations and Hydrodynamic Modeling

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1285-1298

  Ganju, Neil K ^a   Hayn, Melanie ^b   Chen, Shih Nan ^c   Howarth, Robert W ^b   Dickhudt, Patrick J ^a   Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L ^a   Marino, Roxanne ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coastal groundwater discharge; Estuarine hydrodynamics; Estuarine modeling; Index velocity method; Total exchange flow

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WEST FALMOUTH HARBOR;

EID: 84865574458     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9515-x     Document Type: Article

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