Impacts of maintenance channel dredging in a northern Adriatic coastal lagoon. I: Effects on sediment properties, contamination and toxicity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-142

  Guerra, Roberta ^a   Pasteris, Andrea ^a   Ponti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BACI sampling design; dredging; integrated method; Italy; Mediterranean; Northern Adriatic Sea; toxicity tests; trace metals

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BACTERIUM; CHANNEL; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SILTATION; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIALASSA BAIONA; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 70349745346     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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