Organic carbon and nutrient (P, N) concentrations of water and sediment in several aquatic environment types of a Mediterranean coastal wetland (Empordà Wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Gascon S ^a   Boix, D ^a   Sala, J ^a   Quintana, X D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Granulometry; Inter annual variability; Salinity; Water permanence; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; HYDROPERIOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL;

CATALONIA; EMPORDA WETLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845941667     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006023     Document Type: Article

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