Benthic response index for assessing infaunal communities on the southern California mainland shelf

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1073-1087

  Smith, R W ^a   Bergen, M ^b   Weisberg, S B ^b   Cadien, D ^c   Dalkey, A ^d   Montagne, D ^c   Stull, J K ^c   Velarde, R G ^a  

^a Southern California Coastal Water Research Project ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^d City of Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Average pollution tolerance; Benthic infaunal communities; Benthic response index (BRI); Index of biological response; Infauna; Marine pollution index; Measure of environmental disturbance; Reference communities; Southern California; Threshold of biological response

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BENTHIC FAUNA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNA; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; INDEX METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034908566     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1073:BRIFAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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