Mucilaginous aggregates in the northern Adriatic in the period 1999-2002: Typology and distribution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 10-23

  Precali, Robert ^a   Giani, Michele ^b   Marini, Mauro ^c   Grilli, Federica ^c   Ferrari, Carla R ^d   Pečar, Osvin ^a   Paschini, Elio ^c  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Istituto Centrale Per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata Al Mare ICRAM   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d Regional Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPAER)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meteorological conditions; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic; Pycnocline; Underwater video camera

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; UNDERWATER CAMERAS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MUCILAGE; NOTHERN ADRIATIC; PYCNOCLINE; UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATION; MUCILAGE; PYCNOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; DENSITY; DISPERSION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUCILAGE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; VIDEORECORDING; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WIND;

ADHESIVES; ALGAE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 28744455046     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.066     Document Type: Article

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