Investigating the Marine Protected Areas most at risk of current-driven pollution in the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, using a Lagrangian transport model

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 121-129

  Delpeche Ellmann, Nicole C ^a   Soomere, Tarmo ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Gulf of Finland; Lagrangian transport; Marine Protected Areas; Maritime pollution; Pollution control

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND; LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MARITIME POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

MARINE POLLUTION;

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT MODEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 84874733703     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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