Spatial and temporal variations of nutrients and chlorophyll a in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon: Varano lagoon, Italy

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 49-62

  Specchiulli, Antonietta ^a   Scirocco, Tommaso ^a   Cilenti, Lucrezia ^a   Florio, Marisa ^a   Renzi, Monia ^b   Breber, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Eutrophication; Mediterranean lagoon; Nutrients; Phytoplankton biomass; Varano lagoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960276766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv2n4p49     Document Type: Article

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