Searching for undesirable disturbance: An application of the OSPAR eutrophication assessment method to marine waters of England and Wales

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-175

  Foden, Jo ^a,b   Devlin, Michelle J ^a,c   Mills, David K ^a   Malcolm, Stephen J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated growth; Assessment criteria; Eutrophication; Marine; OSPAR; Undesirable disturbance

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; THRESHOLD;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ALGAE;

EID: 81355163403     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9475-9     Document Type: Article

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