Contribution of Spartina maritima to the reduction of eutrophication in estuarine systems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 628-635

  Sousa, Ana I ^a,b   Lillebø, Ana I ^c   Caçador, Isabel ^a   Pardal, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Salt marsh; Spartina maritima

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASSES; BELOWGROUND BIOMASSES; DECOMPOSITION RATES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; NITROGEN RETENTIONS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

WETLANDS;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REDUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT PARAMETERS; POACEAE; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; POACEAE; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 55649108415     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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