Fish farming enhances biomass and nutrient loss in Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-400

  Apostolaki, Eugenia T ^a,b   Marbà, Núria ^c   Holmer, Marianne ^d   Karakassis, Ioannis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

budget; eutrophication; Mediterranean; nutrients; seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; FISH CULTURE; GRAZING; MEADOW; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEAGRASS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 58149279264     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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