Empirical relationships linking distribution and abundance of marine vegetation to eutrophication

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-529

  Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Sagert, Sigrid ^b   Schubert, Hendrik ^b   Boström, Christoffer ^c  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empirical relationship; Macroalgae; Marine vegetation; Nutrient load; Seagrasses; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP; MACROALGAE; MARINE VEGETATION; NUTRIENT LOADS; SEAGRASSES;

EUTROPHICATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SHADING; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 40649101925     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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