Trophic conditions of marine coastal waters: Experience in applying the Trophic Index TRIX to two areas of the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-218

  Giovanardi, Franco ^a   Vollenweider, Richard A ^b  

^a Central Institute for Marine Research ICRAM   (Italy)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal eutrophication; Efficiency; Nutrient limitation; Trophic classification criteria; Trophic Index; Trophic indicators

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STATUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WORLD;

EMILIA;

EID: 13644250078     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2004.199     Document Type: Article

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