Sediment distribution and accumulation in lagoons of the Southern Mediterranean Region (the MELMARINA Project) with special reference to environmental change and aquatic ecosystems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-112

  Flower, R J ^a   Appleby, P G ^b   Thompson, J R ^a   Ahmed, M H ^c   Ramdani, M ^d   Chouba, L ^e   Rose, N ^a   Rochester, R ^a   Ayache, F ^f   Kraiem, M M ^e   Elkhiati, N ^g   Kafrawy, S El ^c   Yang, H ^a   Rasmussen, E K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Marine Science Dept   (Egypt)

^d Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^f Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Sousse   (Tunisia)

^g FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^h DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Lagoons; Mediterranean; North Africa; Sediment cores; Sediment distributions

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CESIUM; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAKES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; SURFACES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAGOONS; MEDITERRANEAN; NORTH AFRICA; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMBUSTION; CORE ANALYSIS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; GIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROFOSSIL; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SHELL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 59449085218     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9677-5     Document Type: Article

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