Effect of eutrophication upon radionuclide dynamics in the Sacca di Goro lagoon (Po River Delta, Italy): A combined field, experimental and modeling study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 433-446

  Bondavalli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Ecosystem; Eutrophication; Network analysis; Radionuclides; Synergism

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

FLOW STRUCTURE;

EUTROPHICATION;

CESIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LABORATORY TEST; LAGOON; SEDIMENT;

ITALY; PO DELTA; SACCA DI GORO;

ULVA; ULVA RIGIDA;

EID: 0037803455     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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