Using stable nitrogen isotopes in Patella sp. to trace sewage-derived material in coastal ecosystems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 224-230

  Žvab Rožič, Petra ^a   Dolenec, Tadej ^a   Lojen, Sonja ^b   Kniewald, Goran ^c   Dolenec, Matej ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bioindicator; Coastal environment; Nitrogen stable isotope; Organism size; Organism tissues; Patella caerulea

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; ORGANISM SIZE; ORGANISM TISSUES; PATELLA CAERULEA;

COASTAL ZONES; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; TISSUE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SNAIL;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84883137125     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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