Assessment of spatial environmental quality status in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-304

  Lopes, Cláudia Batista ^a   Pereira, Maria Eduarda ^a   Vale, Carlos ^b   Lillebø, Ana Isabel ^a   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^c   Duarte, Armando Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Phosphorous; Silicate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SALINITY; SILICATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447563996     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n2293     Document Type: Article

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