A revisitation of TRIX for trophic status assessment in the light of the European Water Framework Directive: Application to Italian coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1413-1426

  Pettine, Maurizio ^a   Casentini, Barbara ^a   Fazi, Stefano ^a   Giovanardi, Franco ^b   Pagnotta, Romano ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Central Institute for Marine Research ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean coastal waters; TRIX index; Trophic status assessment; Water Framework Directive implementation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER ANALYSIS;

HARMONISED INDICATORS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATERS; TROPHIC STATUS ASSESSMENTS; TROPHIC STATUS INDEX (TRIX); WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ALGAL BLOOM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; ITALY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA POLLUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 35548939413     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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