Effects of the large-scale uncontrolled fertilisation process along the continental coastal North Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 484, Issue , 2002, Pages 133-148

  Colijn, Franciscus ^a,b   Hesse, Karl Jürgen ^a   Ladwig, Norbert ^a   Tillmann, Urban ^a,c  

^a Research and Technology Center Westcoast (FTZ)   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fishes; Macrobenthos; North Sea; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION;

COASTAL AREAS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; MACROBENTHOS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

NORTH SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES;

EID: 0037107267     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021361206529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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