An insight to the ecological evaluation index (EEI)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Orfanidis, S ^a   Panayotidis, P ^b   Stamatis, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic macrophytes; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem resilience; Functional groups; Water Framework Directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; SEAWEED;

COASTAL WATERS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; MACROPHYTE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0141924099     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-160X(03)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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