Biogeochemical indicators as tools for assessing sediment quality/vulnerability in transitional aquatic ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a   Bartoli, Marco ^a   Giordani, Gianmarco ^a   Magni, Paolo ^b   Welsh, David T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Integrated index; Process rates; Sediment monitoring; State variables

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONITORING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 9644278201     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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