Methodological procedure for water quality management in port areas at the EU level

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-128

  Ondiviela, Bárbara ^a   Juanes, José A ^a   Gómez, Aina G ^a   Sámano, María L ^a   Revilla, José A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management system; Environmental monitoring; Human pressure; Northern Spain; Port; Risk assessment; ROM 5.1; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIBRATION PROCESS; DISCHARGE SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED TOOLS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NORTHERN SPAIN; PORT; PORT AUTHORITIES; QUALITY OF WATER; SPANISH PORTS; WATERBODIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PORT DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELTER; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ASTURIAS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GIJON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 80053275586     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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