Seagrasses as a sink for wastewater nitrogen: The case of the Adelaide metropolitan coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-308

  Fernandes, Milena ^a   Bryars, Simon ^a   Mount, Genevieve ^a   Miller, David ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; STORM WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT LOSS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL WATERS; DETERIORATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROALGA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 59849090376     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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