Reducing effort in the use of benthic bioindicators

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-497

  Urkiaga Alberdi, Javier ^a   Pagola Carte, Santiago ^a   Saiz Salinas, Jose Ignacio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abra de Bilbao; Benthos; Effort reduction; Hard bottoms; Indicators; Pollution; Taxonomic reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ABRA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033165761     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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