Fish farming impact on decomposition of Posidonia oceanica litter

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  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

Carbon; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pore water; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY; LITTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POREWATER; SEAGRASS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 58549084977     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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