Physiological responses of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica as indicators of fish farm impact

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 869-879

  Pérez, Marta ^a   García, Tania ^a   Invers, Olga ^a   Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Epiphytes; Fish farm; Mediterranean Sea; Physiology; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EPIPHYTES; FISH FARMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

AQUACULTURE;

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PISCICULTURE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS;

ALISMATIDAE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GREECE; ITALY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOME; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 43049172261     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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