Four decades of variability in turbidity in the western Wadden Sea as derived from corrected Secchi disk readings

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-79

  Philippart, Catharina J M ^a   Salama, Mhd Suhyb ^a,b   Kromkamp, Jacco C ^a   van der Woerd, Hendrik J ^c   Zuur, Alain F ^d,e   Cadée, Gerhard C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term trend; Seasonality; Secchi disk; Suspended particulate matter; Turbidity; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IRRADIANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL INLET; TREND ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZENITH ANGLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84882662359     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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