Temporal and spatial variations of seawater toxicity along Adriatic coast, Croatia: A long - Term study

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 11 B, 2007, Pages 1457-1463

  Fafandel, Maja ^a   Bihari, Nevenka ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic; Bacterial bioluminescence assay; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DATA SET; DATABASE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KASTELA BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPLIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37849003429     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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