Mediterranean climate and eutrophication of reservoirs: Limnological skills to improve management

Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 131-142

  Naselli Flores, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyano bacteria; Phytoplankton; Sicily; Water level fluctuations; Zmix zeu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892301845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9625-8-6     Document Type: Chapter

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