Seasonal nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics during benthic clam and suspended mussel cultivation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1276-1287

  Nizzoli, Daniele ^a   Welsh, David Thomas ^b   Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Eutrophication; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Nitrogen; Phosphorous; Ruditapes philippinarum

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOONS; HOTSPOTS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MUSSEL FARMING; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PHOSPHOROUS; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; REGENERATION RATE; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SHELLFISH;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COASTAL LAGOON; EUTROPHICATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; LAGOON; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 79958766635     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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