The ecological status of Karavasta Lagoon (Albania): Closing the stable door before the horse has bolted?

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Munari, Cristina ^a   Tessari, Umberto ^a   Rossi, Remigio ^a   Mistri, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Albania; Environmental quality; Lagoons; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ALBANIA; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC FAUNAS; BENTHIC INDICES; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; CONFINED AREAS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE BIOTIC INDICES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE COMPOSITION; PERMANOVA; REDOX POTENTIALS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALBANIA; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAGOON; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALBANIA; KARAVASTA LAGOON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 72249118663     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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