Examination of three eutrophication indices to characterize water quality in the north east of Persian Gulf

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue SPEC. ISS. 42, 2005, Pages 405-411

  Taebi, Soheila ^a   Etemad Shahidi, Amir ^a   Fardi, Golamreza Asadollah ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coastal water quality indices; Hormoztrix index; Nutrient; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

EID: 22444442221     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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