Variability of organic matter processing in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 476-483

  Menéndez, Margarita ^a   Hernández, Oliver ^a   Sanmartí, Neus ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Decomposition; Nutrients; Ruppia cirrhosa; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TANCADA LAGOON; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; WORLD;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RUPPIA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA;

EID: 11944272686     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200410728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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