Response of submerged aquatic vegetation to eutrophication-related environment descriptors in coastal waters of the NE Baltic Sea

Estonian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-118

  Torn, Kaire ^a   Martin, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Eutrophication; Submerged aquatic vegetation; Water Framework Directive; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 84861763623     PISSN: 1736602X     EISSN: 17367549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eco.2012.2.03     Document Type: Article

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