Estuaries of southwest England: Salinity, suspended particulate matter, loss-on-ignition and morphology

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 385-408

  Uncles, R J ^a   Stephens, J A ^a   Harris, C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRISMS; RUNOFF; TIDES; WATER;

ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFFS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

ESTUARIES;

CATCHMENT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RESIDENCE TIME; RUNOFF; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL RANGE; TURBIDITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84941260777     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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