Isolation and connectivity: Relationships between periodic connection to the ocean and environmental variables in intermittently closed estuaries

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Lill, Adrian Wilfred Thomas ^a   Schallenberg, Marc ^a   Lal, Aparna ^a   Savage, Candida ^a,b   Closs, Gerard Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Estuarine opening index (EOI); Geographical isolation; New Zealand; Physicochemical gradients; Typology

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOTA; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879505840     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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