Hydrologic Dynamics of a Subtropical Estuary Using Geochemical Tracers, Celestún, Yucatan, Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1376-1387

  Stalker, Jeremy C ^a   Price, Rene M ^b   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^c   Herrera Silveira, Jorge ^d   Morales, Sara ^d   Benitez, Jorge A ^e   Alonzo Parra, David ^f  

^a JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^f Ducks Unlimited of Mexico Research Station (DUMAC) Southeast Regional Office   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mexico; Stable isotopes; Submarine groundwater discharge; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930818004     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9778-5     Document Type: Article

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