Impacts of urban wastewater discharge on seagrass meadows (Zostera noltii)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Cabaço, Susana ^a   Machás, Raquel ^a   Vieira, Vasco ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

disturbance; nutrient enrichment; Ria Formosa; seagrass; urban effluents; wastewater; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EPIPHYTE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MACROALGA; MEADOW; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POREWATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; WASTEWATER; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 41949117104     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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