Study of the N, P and Si fluxes between fish farm sediment and seawater. Results of simulation experiments employing a benthic chamber under various redox conditions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 266-275

  Belias, Christos ^a   Dassenakis, Manos ^a   Scoullos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic chamber; Cage fish farms; Mediterranean; Nepheloid layer; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sedimentation; Silicate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BENTHOS; CAGE CULTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NEPHELOID LAYER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE; SIMULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 33846378136     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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