Taxonomic level for assessing oil spill effects on soft-bottom sublittoral benthic communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 562-572

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Amoco Cadiz; Macrobenthos monitoring; Oil spill; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING; OIL SPILLS;

OIL SPILL EFFECTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

OIL;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC INFAUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FAMILIA; FRANCE; GENUS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TIME;

BRITTANY; FRANCE; GALICIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0038301277     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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