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Spatial Distribution of Suspended Particulate Matter in the Mandovi and Zuari Estuaries:Inferences on the Estuarine Turbidity Maximum


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1 CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
 

An estuary is a region where a river meets the sea. In these estuarine regions there exists a strong physio-chemical and compositional gradient in the water properties, that varies rapidly from freshwater to sea water. Estuaries are important areas as they filter out suspended particulate matter (SPM), sediments and pollutants from the rivers before entering the sea and keep the coastal seas healthy.
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S. Suja
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
Pratima M. Kessarkar
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
R. Shynu
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
V. Purnachandra Rao
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
Lina L. Fernandes
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India

Abstract


An estuary is a region where a river meets the sea. In these estuarine regions there exists a strong physio-chemical and compositional gradient in the water properties, that varies rapidly from freshwater to sea water. Estuaries are important areas as they filter out suspended particulate matter (SPM), sediments and pollutants from the rivers before entering the sea and keep the coastal seas healthy.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi7%2F1165-1168