Use of stable nitrogen isotope signatures of anthropogenic organic matter in the coastal environment: A case study of the kosirina bay (Murter Island, Croatia)

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Dolenec, Matej ^a   Žvab, Petra ^a   Mihelčić, Goran ^c   Belak, Živana Lambaša ^d   Lojen, Sonja ^b   Kniewald, Goran ^c   Dolenec, Tadej ^a,b   Šmuc, Nastja Rogan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Central adriatic; Kosirina bay; Murter island; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Particulate organic matter (pom); Sewage; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOTA; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEWAGE OUTFALL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; KOSIRINA BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURTER;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 79960611264     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/gc.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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