The effects of anthropogenic organic matter inputs on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in organisms from different trophic levels in a southern Mediterranean coastal area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 723-731

  Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaculture waste; Carbon isotopes; Environmental impact; Mediterranean Sea; Nitrogen isotopes; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEWAGE;

AQUACULTURE WASTES; CARBON ISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; CARBON 13; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WASTE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEWAGE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEPIA; SEWAGE; SICILY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746594579     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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