Fish farming effects on chemical and microbial variables of the water column: A spatio-temporal study along the Mediterranean Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Pitta, P ^a   Apostolaki, E T ^a   Tsagaraki, T ^a   Tsapakis, M ^a   Karakassis, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chlorophyll a; Cyanobacteria; Fish farming; Mediterranean; Nutrients; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIA; FISH FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN; NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

FISHERIES;

BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY; GRAZING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33646697139     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1593-3     Document Type: Article

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