Eutrophication of the Mediterranean Sea: a watershed—cascading aquatic filter approach

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-23

  Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a   Nizzoli, Daniele ^a   Pinardi, Monica ^a   Soana, Elisa ^a,b   Bartoli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cascading aquatic filters; Coastal and transitional waters; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; RESTORATION MEASURES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; TRANSITIONAL WATERS;

EUTROPHICATION;

EID: 84925496991     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-014-0364-3     Document Type: Article

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