A proposal for a long-term baseline phytobenthos monitoring programme for the finnish baltic coastal waters: Monitoring submerged rocky shore vegetation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-27

  Bäck, Saara ^a   Ekebom, Jan ^a   Kangas, Pentti ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Macroalgae; Monitoring programme; Phytobenthos

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; EUTROPHICATION; OCEAN HABITATS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; VEGETATION;

COASTAL PHYTOBENTHIC MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COASTAL WATER; MONITORING; PHYTOBENTHOS; ROCKY SHORE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; BIOME; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FINLAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BALTIC STATES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FINLAND; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036788310     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020095220957     Document Type: Article

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