The response of primary producer assemblages to mitigation measures to reduce eutrophication in a temperate estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 688-696

  Leston, S ^a   Lillebo A I ^b   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

eutrophication; Gracilaria; nitrogen; phosphorus; Ulva; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; MITIGATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; ULVA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 41649114601     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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