Establishing the ecological quality status of soft-bottom mining-impacted coastal water bodies in the scope of the Water Framework Directive

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-387

  Marín Guirao, Lázaro ^a   Cesar, Augusto ^b   Marín, Arnaldo ^a   Lloret, Javier ^a   Vita, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA CECÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mining wastes; Toxicity bioassays, Marine biotic indices, AMBI, BENTIX, RBI, ABC method; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL WATER BODIES; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAGOONS;

ECOLOGY;

HEAVY METAL; WATER;

BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MINE WASTE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SEA POLLUTION; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; PORTMAN BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 17044393394     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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