Scaling the trophic index (TRIX) in oligotrophic marine environments

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 257-269

  Primpas, Ioannis ^a   Karydis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Eutrophication assessment; Eutrophication indices; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; BLACK SEA; COASTAL WATERS; DATA CHARACTERIZING; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EUTROPHICATION ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; NORTH SEA; NUTRIENT LEVELS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC STATUS;

RATING; WATER QUALITY;

EUTROPHICATION;

COASTAL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; TROPHIC INDEX; TROPHIC LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79960386470     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1687-x     Document Type: Article

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