Marine water quality monitoring: A review

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 23-36

  Karydis, Michael ^a   Kitsiou, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Marine conventions; Marine governance; Marine pollution; Sea protection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FIELD INFORMATIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS; MARINE CONVENTIONS; MARINE GOVERNANCE; MARINE WATER QUALITY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; SEA PROTECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

WATER QUALITY;

SEA WATER;

COMPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER QUALITY;

MARINE CONVENTIONS; MARINE GOVERNANCE; MARINE POLLUTION; SEA PROTECTION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84888428439     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.012     Document Type: Review

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