Stable nitrogen isotopes in coastal macroalgae: Geographic and anthropogenic variability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 887-895

  Viana, Inés G ^a   Bode, Antonio ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum; Biomonitors; Fucus; Upwelling; Urban populations; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ASCOPHYLLUM; BIOMONITORS; FUCUS; UPWELLING; URBAN POPULATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; POPULATION STATISTICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; DELTA NITROGEN 15; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN POPULATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE TRACING; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEAWEED;

SPAIN;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 84870827091     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.065     Document Type: Article

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