Exergy, ecosystem functioning and efficiency in a coastal lagoon: The role of auxiliary energy

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-236

  Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

coastal lagoon; ecosystem functioning; exergy; sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERGY; GOODS EXCHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL LOOP; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROKARYOTE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARSALA LAGOON; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 68049102031     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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