Measurement of δ15N in macroalgae stored in an environmental specimen bank for regional scale monitoring of eutrophication in coastal areas

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 888-895

  Viana, I G ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Estuaries; Fucus; Monitoring; Pollution; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOCONCENTRATION; COASTAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GALICIA; MACRO-ALGAE; N VALUE; NW SPAIN; REGIONAL SCALE; REGIONAL SCALE MONITORING; SAMPLING SITE; SAMPLING SURVEY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; POLLUTION; SURVEYS;

ESTUARIES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OPEN OCEAN; SAMPLING; SPECIMEN BANK; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIAN SHELF;

FUCUS; FUCUS CERANOIDES; FUCUS SPIRALIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 78751567836     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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