Nutrient pollution in laucala bay, Fiji islands

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 363-372

  Singh, Sarabjeet ^a   Aalbersberg, W G L ^a   Morrison, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laucala Bay; Nutrients; Pollution; Sources

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION OF; FIJI ISLANDS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; OXIDIZED NITROGEN; POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCES; POLLUTION SOURCES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; REACTIVE PHOSPHATES; REDFIELD RATIO; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDFIELD RATIO; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FIJI; NUTRIENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FIJI; LAUCALA BAY; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

EID: 70949104057     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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