The Phison River plume: Coastal eutrophication in response to changes in land use and water management in the watershed

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-17

  Billen, Gilles ^a,b   Garnier, Josette ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Land use; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Riverine delivery; Silica

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0002598577     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013003     Document Type: Article

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