Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1618-1629

  Holmer, Marianne ^a   Argyrou, Marina ^b   Dalsgaard, Tage ^c   Danovaro, Roberto ^d   Diaz Almela, Elena ^e   Duarte, Carlos M ^e   Frederiksen, Morten ^a   Grau, Antoni ^f   Karakassis, Ioannis ^g   Marbà, Nuria ^e   Mirto, Simone ^h   Pérez, Marta ⁱ   Pusceddu, Antonio ^d   Tsapakis, Manolis ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^f Govern de les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Fish farming; Management; Mediterranean; Monitoring; Seagrass; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; FARMS; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FISH FARMING; FISH FARMS; MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN; MONITORING; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; P. OCEANICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SAFETY DISTANCES; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT;

FISH;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BENTHOS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PISCICULTURE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AGRICULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FISHES; FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 50049102001     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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