Waterbirds and nutrient enrichment in Mar Menor Lagoon, a shallow coastal lake in southeast Spain

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Robledano Aymerich, Francisco ^a   Pagán Abellán, Iluminada ^a   Calvo Sendín, José Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainage; Coastal lake; Eutrophication; Monitoring; Wintering waterbirds

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALINE LAKE; WADER; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; FULICA ATRA; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 38649117914     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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