Changes in a temperate estuary during the filling of the ...
1. Introduction. Estuaries and adjacent coastal areas are highly dynamic ecosystems, because of the tidal regime to which they are generally subjected (Gianesella et al., 2000).This is especially the case in temperate regions which have marked biological (Coull, 1999), physical (Bodineau et al., 1998), chemical (Cabeçadas et al., 1999) and geological seasonal cycles (Sherwood and Creager, 1990).