Wastewater discharge, seagrass decline and algal proliferation on the Cote d'Azur

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 78-84

  Chisholm, John R M ^c   Fernex, FRANÇOIS E ^a,b   Mathieu, Daniel ^a,b   Jaubert, Jean M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Lab Géodynamique Sous marine   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Caulerpa taxifolia; Proliferation; Seagrass; Sediment biogeochemistry; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUATIC FLORA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREEN ALGA; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER;

ALGAE; AMMONIUM; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; GREEN ALGAE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER;

FRANCE, PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR, COTE D'AZUR;

ALGAE; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIACEAE;

EID: 0030620466     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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