Community shifts, alternative stable states, biogeochemical controls and feedbacks in eutrophic coastal lagoons: A brief overview

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a   Bartoli, Marco ^a   Giordani, Gianmarco ^a   Naldi, Mariachiara ^a   Orfanidis, Sotiris ^b   Zaldivar, José Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic vegetation; Biogeochemical controls; Coastal lagoons; Community shifts; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL LAGOON; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MACROPHYTE; MEADOW; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEAGRASS; SUCCESSION;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 51649089755     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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