Aquatic biodiversity under anthropogenic stress: An insight from the Archipelago Sea (SW Finland)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-70

  Leppäkoski, Erkki ^a   Helminen, Harri ^b   Hänninen, Jari ^c   Tallqvist, Minna ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic biodiversity; Baltic Sea; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0033004498     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008805007339     Document Type: Article

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