Stress in estuarine communities: Lessons from the highly-impacted Bilbao estuary (Spain)

Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-55

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

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

Author keywords

Biomass spectra; Body size; Communities; Estuaries; Recovery processes; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAIN; STRESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SPAIN;

NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 0034119365     PISSN: 13861980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009919429985     Document Type: Review

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