Assessing and monitoring ecological community health in marine systems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 942-953

  Hewitt, J E ^a   Anderson, M J ^b   Thrush, S F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Chronic degradation; Community health; Diffuse impacts; Monitoring; Multivariate

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; STORMWATER;

EID: 20444409724     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0732     Document Type: Article

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