A case study of sewage discharge in the shallow coastal area of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Gulf of Trieste)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-494

  Mozetix̌, Patricija ^a   Malačič, Vlado ^a   Turk, Valentina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Eutrophication; Faecal coliforms; Gulf of Trieste; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Sewage

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; FECAL COLIFORM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEWAGE; TROPHIC STATUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 57549106922     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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