Eutrophication patterns in an eastern Mediterranean coastal lagoon: Vassova, Delta Nestos, Macedonia, Greece

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 17-30

  Orfanidis, S ^a   Stamatis, N ^a   Ragias, V ^b   Schramm, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b Institute for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Fish management; Hydrography; Monitoring; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649087288     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.183     Document Type: Article

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