Recent changes in the marine ecosystems of the northern Adriatic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Giani, Michele ^a   Djakovac, Tamara ^b   Degobbis, Danilo ^b   Cozzi, Stefano ^c   Solidoro, Cosimo ^a   Umani, Serena Fonda ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Hypoxia; Long term changes; Marine ecosystems; Nutrients; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAWATER; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISCES;

EID: 84870314313     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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