Précontrat de baie "golfe du Morbihan" Mesures de flux nutritifs et inventaire d'algues vertes en 1995

The gulf of Morbihan, without manifesting any pronounced signs of eutrophication, has, in 1995, three sites of green algae proliferation: the Auray river estuary, the branches of the Vannes and Séné estuary, as well as the outlet of the Noyalo's estuary. They are also the three sectors of the gulf that receive the most nutrient salts, in particular, nitrogen, which is a determining factor in the development of nitrophilic green algae (Ménesguen and Piriou 1995). During spring the nitrogen seems to come as much from urban sources (Vannes, Auray) as from agricultural sources coming from the northern catchment areas of the gulf.