Taxonomic sufficiency and the increasing insufficiency of taxonomic expertise

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 556-561

  Terlizzi, A ^a   Bevilacqua, S ^a   Fraschetti, S ^a   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Environmental impact assessment; Taxonomic sufficiency; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; MARINE ENGINEERING;

TAXONOMY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRESS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0038301296     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00066-3     Document Type: Review

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