Bioturbation experiments in the Venice Lagoon

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 494, Issue , 2003, Pages 245-250

  Mugnai, C ^a,c   Gerino, M ^b   Frignani, M ^a   Sauvage, S ^b   Bellucci, L G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ctr d'Ecologie Syst Aquatiques C   (France)

^c ICRAM do CIBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Luminophores; Modeling; Sediment mixing; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BIOTURBATION;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

BIOTURBATION; LAGOON; MIXING; MODELING; SEDIMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0141788367     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025430719520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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