Primary productivity, biogeochemical buffers and factors controlling trophic status and ecosystem processes in Mediterranean coastal lagoons: A synthesis

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-293

  Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a   Azzoni, Roberta ^a   Bartoli, Marco ^a   Giordani, Gianmarco ^a   Naldi, Mariachiara ^a   Nizzoli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic vegetation; Buffering capacity; Coastal lagoons; Feedback loops; Resilience; Shellfish farming; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUTROPHICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELLFISH CULTURE; TROPHIC STATUS; VEGETATION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PO RIVER;

EID: 84864424925     PISSN: 19475721     EISSN: 1947573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475721.2010.528937     Document Type: Review

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