Hydrodynamics in the Yellow River Estuary via radium isotopes: Ecological perspectives

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-28

  Xu, Bochao ^a,b   Burnett, William ^c   Dimova, Natasha ^d   Diao, Shaobo ^e   Mi, Tiezhu ^b   Jiang, Xueyan ^a   Yu, Zhigang ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological response; Nutrient budget; Radium isotopes; Submarine groundwater discharge; Water age; Yellow River Estuary

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RIVER PLUME; TRACER;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84880583066     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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