Intra-tidal variation of stratification in a semi-arid estuary under the impact of flow regulation

The Jaguaribe River is the largest semi-arid Brazilian river and represents an important water source for the state of Ceará. The Castanhão Weir, built to regulate the flow of the Jaguaribe, began operating successfully in the 1990s. As a result, the hydrodynamic regime of the estuary has undergone...

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Main Authors: Felipe Facó Frota, Bárbara Pereira Paiva, Carlos Augusto França Schettini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592013000100003