Exploring the relationships between abiotic variables and benthic community structure in a polluted estuarine system

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3799-3807

  González Oreja, José Antonio ^a   Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilbao Estuary; Estuarine fauna; Hydrographic variables; Organic enrichment; Oxygen depletion

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VARIANCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 19244369618     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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