Fluvial contributions of nutrient salts, dissolved trace elements and organic carbon to the sea by pristine temperate rivers (SW Europe)

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-53

  Bernardez P ^a,b   Ospina Alvarez, N ^a   Caetano, M ^c   Prego, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DOC; Northern Galician Rias; NW Iberian Peninsula.

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISSOLVED MATTER; FLUVIAL PROCESS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER WATER; SALT; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84875400595     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN12123     Document Type: Article

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