Natural Recovery and Planned Intervention in Coastal Wetlands: Venice Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) as a Case Study

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</svg> = salinity, pH, OS = oxygen saturation, fines = sediment fine fraction, TN = total nitrogen, IP = inorganic phosphorus, OP = organic phosphorus, IC = inorganic carbon, and OC = organic carbon. Black triangles represent central basin samples; green squares represent southern basin samples; yellow circles represent northern basin samples. First and second axes explain 50.7% and 16.7% of variation, respectively.</table>

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Figure 8: Natural Recovery and Planned Intervention in Coastal Wetlands: Venice Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) as a Case Study 