Exchange of nutrients across the sediment-water interface in intertidal ria systems (SW Europe)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 349-358

  Ospina Alvarez, N ^a   Caetano, M ^b   Vale, C ^b   Santos Echeandia J ^a   Bernardez P ^c   Prego, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b Unit of Upgrading of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (U VPPA)   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Diffusive fluxes; Flooding water; Northern Galician Rias; Pore water; Pore water advection

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FLOODING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POREWATER; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84887818337     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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