Is the southeastern Adriatic Sea coastal strip an eutrophic area?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-406

  Marini, Mauro ^a   Grilli, Federica ^a   Guarnieri, Antonio ^b   Jones, Burton H ^c   Klajic, Zoran ^d   Pinardi, Nadia ^e   Sanxhaku, Mitat ^f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Institute of Marine Biology   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f Institute of Hydrometeorology   (Albania)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; coastal strip; dissolved nutrients; eutrophication; hydrodynamics regime

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; DISSOLVED MATTER; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INORGANIC MATTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; TURBIDITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77953230309     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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