Changes in macrophytes distribution in a hypersaline coastal lagoon associated with the development of intensively irrigated agriculture

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 48, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 828-842

  Lloret, Javier ^a   Marin, Arnaldo ^a   Marin Guirao, Lazaro ^a   Velasco, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LIGHT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

PHYTOPLANKTON DENSITIES; SEAGRASS RESPIRATION; WATERCOURSES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; LAGOON; MACROPHYTE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 27644499939     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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