Remote influence of off-shore fish farm waste on Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Ruiz, J M ^a   Marco Mendez C ^b   Sanchez Lizaso J L ^b  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Fish farms waste; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTES; FISH FARMS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FARMS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MEATS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIPHYTE; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT; HERBIVORY; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; LEAF TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PISCICULTURE; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 75449105606     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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