Environmental impact of LNG terminals in the gulf of trieste (Northern Adriatic)

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-395

  Malacic V ^a   Faganeli, J ^a   Malej, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Coastal sediments; Coastal waters; Dispersion; Environmental impact; Gas terminals; Mercury; Pollution; Semi enclosed sea

Indexed keywords

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 36549005909     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6575-0_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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