Aquatic microcosms: A methodological approach for the quantification of eutrophication processes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-215

  Tsirtsis, G ^a   Karydis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquatic microcosms; Marine eutrophication; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOSM; MICROCOSMS; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA POLLUTION;

EID: 0031282549     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005756704615     Document Type: Article

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