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Preface: European lagoons—need for further comparison across spatial and temporal scales

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Acknowledgements

The conference idea and organization was strongly supported administratively and financially by the Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University (KU CORPI), and the EU COLAR (Coastal and Lagoon Resource Centre) project. We acknowledge the support of Italian Lagoon Observational Network (LaguNet), Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System (CORILA), Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre CCE (Ispra, Italy), EU Network of Excellence on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MARBEF), Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Programme (LOICZ), European Land Ocean Interaction Studies thematic network (ELOISE), EU DITTY Project (Development of an Information Technology Tool for the Management of European Southern Lagoons under their influence of river-basin runoff), The Baltic-Sea-Watersketch-project (strategies for a Sustainable River Basin Management). We also thank Gianmarco Giordani (University of Parma and LaguNet) for the invaluable continuous support. Finally, we wish to thank the International Scientific Committee of the Conference and anonymous reviewers who were extremely helpful in the choice of invited participants and in the manuscript revision.

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  1. Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania

    A. Razinkovas & Z. Gasiūnaitė

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Parma University, Parma, Italy

    P. Viaroli

  3. Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, VA, Italy

    J. M. Zaldívar

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Guest editors: A. Razinkovas, Z. R. Gasiūnaitė, J. M. Zaldivar & P. Viaroli

European Lagoons and their Watersheds: Function and Biodiversity

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Razinkovas, A., Gasiūnaitė, Z., Viaroli, P. et al. Preface: European lagoons—need for further comparison across spatial and temporal scales. Hydrobiologia 611, 1–4 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9463-4

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