Sources of Salinity Variation in a Coastal Lagoon in a Karst Landscape

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1329-1342

  Medina Gómez, Israel ^a   Kjerfve, Björn ^b   Mariño, Ismael ^c   Herrera Silveira, Jorge ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Freshwater discharges; Hydrodynamics; Hydrographic variables; Hydrometeorology; Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System; Meteorology; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930819912     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9774-9     Document Type: Article

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