Impact of eutrophication on the seagrass assemblages of the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 225-246

  Dolbeth, Marina ^a   Cardoso, Patrícia ^a   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Macroalgal Bloom; Macrobenthic assemblages; Multiple Stressors; Restoration; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892266357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9625-8-11     Document Type: Chapter

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