Relationship between wind and seagrass meadows in a non-tidal eutrophic lagoon studied by a Wave Exposure Model (WEMo)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 54-63

  Rubegni, Fabrizio ^a   Franchi, Enrica ^b   Lenzi, Mauro ^c  

^a Technical Department Civil Engineering and Marine Works   (Italy)

^b Lagoon Ecology   (Italy)

^c OPL Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lagoon; Resuspension; Seagrass; Wave Exposure Model; Wind action

Indexed keywords

LAGOON; RE-SUSPENSION; SEAGRASSES; WAVE EXPOSURE; WIND ACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; SEAWEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COASTAL LAGOON; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAGRASS; SIMULATION; WAVE EXPOSURE MODEL; WIND;

ALISMATIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; ORBETELLO LAGOON; TUSCANY;

EID: 84877841359     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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