Identifying 'hot spots' of biological and anthropogenic activity in two Irish estuaries using means and frequencies

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 111-123

  Johnson, M P ^a   Hartnett, M ^b   Collier, L M ^c   Costello, M J ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blooms; Estuary; Hot spots; Odds; Point source

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DEOXYGENATION;

ESTUARIES;

ALGAL BLOOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

IRELAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037095972     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020348821930     Document Type: Article

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