The "one-out, all-out" principle entails the risk of imposing unnecessary restoration costs: A study case in two Mediterranean coastal lakes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 30-40

  Prato, S ^a   La Valle, P ^b   De Luca, E ^a   Lattanzi, L ^b   Migliore, G ^a   Morgana, J G ^a   Munari, C ^c   Nicoletti, L ^b   Izzo, G ^a   Mistri, M ^c  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological quality elements; Environmental status; Transitional waters; Tyrrhenian sea; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; RESTORATION COSTS; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAKES; RESTORATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE POLICY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ITALY; LAKE; LAKE CAPROLACE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE FOGLIANO; LAW; MACROBENTHOS; ONE OUT ALL OUT PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE;

BIOLOGICAL QUALITY ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ITALY; LAKES; RISK; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84896399005     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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