The fate of organic matter sources in coastal environments: A comparison of three Mediterranean lagoons

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-79

  Vizzini, S ^a   Mazzola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagoon; Mediterranean; Stable isotope; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CANNING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL LAGOONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER INPUTS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIMES; LAGOON; MACRO-ALGAE; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RELIABLE METHOD; SEA GRASS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVELS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER EXCHANGES;

LAKES;

COASTAL LAGOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER EXCHANGE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE FUSARO; LAKE SABAUDIA; LATINA; LAZIO; MARSALA LAGOON; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

SABAUDIA;

EID: 48349111422     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9458-1     Document Type: Article

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