Continental and marine sources of organic matter and nitrogen for rías of northern Galicia (Spain)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 13-26

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Varela, Manuel ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^b  

^a Paseo Marítimo Alcalde Francisco Vázquez   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic nutrients; Estuary; Galicia; Macroalgae; Mussels; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION SIZE; SESTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TIMESCALE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 80052899950     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09289     Document Type: Article

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