Eutrophication Assessment in Basque Estuaries: Comparing a North American and a European Method

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 991-1006

  Garmendia, Maialen ^a   Bricker, Suzanne ^b   Revilla, Marta ^a   Borja, Ángel ^a   Franco, Javier ^a   Bald, Juan ^a   Valencia, Victoriano ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

ASSETS; DPSIR; Estuaries; European Water Framework Directive; Eutrophication; Northeast Atlantic region

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGRAPHY; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; TROPHIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

EID: 84861878304     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9489-8     Document Type: Article

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