The 18 Galician Rias, comprising 25% of the Iberian Peninsula coastline, form a unique
system within the European continental Atlantic coast and provide a useful reference area …

The Galician rías (NW Iberia, Spain) are coastal embayments at the northern boundary of
the Canary Current upwelling system. Their favourable conditions for phytoplankton growth …

Climate change will modify the oceanographic future properties of the NW Iberian Peninsula
due to the projected variations in the meteorological forcing, that will intensify local winds …

Today, the term ria is rarely used by sedimentologists or stratigraphers, although it embodies
all the characteristics of the so-called incised valleys–a topic of considerable interest since …

The inter‐and intra‐annual evolution of temperature and salinity has been analyzed in the
Rías Baixas–ocean boundary. Each ría (Vigo, Pontevedra, and Arousa) is connected to the …

Ekman transport is studied close to the Galician coast by means of forecasted winds
provided by METEOGALICIA from November 2001 to October 2004. Three different coastal …

Fine-resolution measurements of phytoplankton and physical parameters were made from
31 May to 14 June 2005 in the Rıa de Pontevedra (Spain), which is subject to seasonal …

The low-field magnetic susceptibility (χ) of surficial sediments from the Ria de Pontevedra
(NW Spain) shows a characteristic, hydrodynamically driven textural control, where …

Small-cale fisheries are important for livelihoods, food security, jobs and income worldwide.
However, they face major challenges, including the increasing effects of climate change that …

In Galicia, three venerid bivalves are exploited in the intertidal zone by local fishery guilds:
Venerupis corrugata, Ruditapes philippinarum, and Ruditapes decussatus. The precise …