Enclosed seas under man-induced change: A comparison between the Baltic and Black Seas

Ambio

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 380-389

  Leppäkoski, Erkki ^a   Mihnea, Pia Elena ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; EUTROPHICATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS;

BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030303888     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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62. We thank a dozen senior scientists (incl. three anonymous referees) for comments on the estimates presented i Table 3.
63. First submitted 3 March 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 11 April 1996.