Fitting response models of benthic community structure to abiotic variables in a polluted estuarine system

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-477

  González Oreja, José Antonio ^a   Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilbao estuary; Biological recovery; Pollution abatement; Response models

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARY; POLLUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO ESTUARY; SPAIN;

ANNELIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033165673     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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