The issue of outwelling in the Guadiana River estuary (Portugal): some findings and research suggestions in the context of recent evidence

Abstract The ‘‘Outwelling Theory’’ states that salt marshes play a major role in exporting production to adjacent estuarine and coastal ecosystems. However, it has been found that some marshes act as net importers instead of net exporters of organic matter and nutrients. Once we include mangroves an...

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Main Author: Bettencourt, A.M. (author)
Other Authors: Quaresma, L. (author), Lança, M.J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4017
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/4017