Short-term effects of changes in water management on the limnological characteristics and zooplankton of a eutrophic Mediterranean coastal lagoon (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1273-1284

  Badosa, Anna ^a   Boix, Dani ^a   Brucet, Sandra ^a   López Flores, Rocío ^a   Quintana, Xavier D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baix Ter wetlands; Eutrophication; Mediterranean coastal lagoons; Nutrient composition; Water resource management; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER INFLOW; LIMNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFLOW; LIMNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOODING; LAGOON; LIMNOLOGY; ROTIFERA; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITRATES; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TER VELL;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 34447650625     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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