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Comparing the efficiency of hypoxia mitigation strategies in an urban, turbid tidal river via a coupled hydro-sedimentary–biogeochemical model
Katixa Lajaunie-Salla
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EPOC, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, UMR 5805, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac CEDEX, France
LyRE, SUEZ Research Center, Bordeaux, France
now at: MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, UMR 7294, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, IRD, Marseille CEDEX, France
Aldo Sottolichio
EPOC, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, UMR 5805, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac CEDEX, France
Sabine Schmidt
EPOC, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, UMR 5805, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac CEDEX, France
Xavier Litrico
LyRE, SUEZ Research Center, Bordeaux, France
Guillaume Binet
LyRE, SUEZ Research Center, Bordeaux, France
Gwenaël Abril
EPOC, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, UMR 5805, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac CEDEX, France
Programa de Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
BOREA, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, UMR 7208, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, SU, UCN, UA, IRD, Paris CEDEX 05, France
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