Taxonomic sufficiency: An overview of its use in the monitoring of sublittoral benthic communities after oil spills

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 552-555

  Dauvin, J C ^a   Gomez Gesteira, J L ^b   Salvande Fraga, M ^c  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macrobenthos monitoring; Marine community; Pollution; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRESH WATER; METAL; OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; TAXONOMY;

ACCURACY; BENTHIC FAUNA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ERROR; FAMILIA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENUS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LABORATORY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PERSONNEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RARITY; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; TAXONOMY; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0037964115     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00033-X     Document Type: Review

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