Annual characterisation of four Mediterranean coastal lagoons subjected to intense human activity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-69

  Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel ^a   Rieradevall, Maria ^a   Farrés Corell, Roser ^b   Newton, Alice ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; EEA categories; Eutrophication; Human pressures; Transitional waters; TRIX; TSI

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PROTECTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84869862934     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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