Analysis of phytoplankton community structure using similarity indices: A new methodology for discriminating among eutrophication levels in coastal marine ecosystems

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-632

  Arhonditsis, G ^a,b   Karydis, M ^a   Tsirtsis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological diversity; Eutrophication; Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton community; Similarity indices; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER;

COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER QUALITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0042766843     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2903-4     Document Type: Article

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