Impact of pond aquaculture effluents on seagrass performance in NE Hainan, tropical China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 190-203

  Herbeck, Lucia S ^a   Sollich, Miriam ^a,b   Unger, Daniela ^a,d   Holmer, Marianne ^c   Jennerjahn, Tim C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Epiphytes; Eutrophication; Mixed seagrass meadows; Nitrogen and sulphur stable isotopes; Pond aquaculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EUTROPHICATION; FISH PONDS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITROGEN; REEFS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; EPIPHYTES; NITROGEN SOURCES; POND AQUACULTURES; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSPENDED MATTERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIODIVERSITY; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POND CULTURE; SEAGRASS; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS; INTOXICATION; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SHADING; POND; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SHOOT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; WATER QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCHARITACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HAINAN;

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PONDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SULFIDES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84905718851     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.050     Document Type: Article

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