Connecting Groundwater and Surface Water Sources in Groundwater Dependent Coastal Wetlands and Estuaries: Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1744-1763

  Lagomasino, David ^a,e   Price, René M ^a   Herrera Silveira, Jorge ^b   Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando ^a   Merediz Alonso, Gonzalo ^c   Gomez Hernandez, Yadira ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c Amigos de Sian Ka'an   (Mexico)

^d Parque Nacional Isla Contoy y Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Puerto Morelos   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophic; Groundwater discharge; Hypersaline; Mangroves; Oligotrophic; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WETLAND; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; KARST; MANGROVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO; SIAN KAAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE; SIA;

EID: 84938423187     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9892-4     Document Type: Article

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