Impacts of a marine fish farm in Argolikos Gulf (Greece) on the water column and the sediment

Desalination

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 110-124

  Mantzavrakos, E ^a   Kornaros, M ^a   Lyberatos, G ^a,b   Kaspiris, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Marine fish farm; Nutrients; Sediment; Water column

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM-NITROGEN; MARINE FISH FARMS; WATER COLUMN;

FISHERIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FISHERIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT; OPEN WATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; ARGOLIC GULF; ARGOLIDHOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNESE; PELOPONNISOS; PLATEIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 34248219945     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.05.037     Document Type: Article

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