Biological indicators of marine environmental health: Meiofauna - A neglected benthic component?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-68

  Kennedy, Andrew D ^a,b   Jacoby, Charles A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Environmental monitoring; Meiofauna; Pollution; Valued ecosystem components

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA); MEIOFAUNA; TAXONOMY;

BIOMARKERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; SAMPLING; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

BIOINDICATOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION;

HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0032902161     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005854731889     Document Type: Review

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