Benthic biotope index for classifying habitats in the sado estuary: Portugal

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 570-593

  Caeiro, S ^a   Costa, M H ^b   Goovaerts, P ^c   Martins, F ^d  

^a Portuguese Distance Learning University   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat; Biotope gradients; Estuaries; Index; Pollution effects; Sediment quality assessment

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC HABITATS; BIOTOPE GRADIENTS; BIOTOPE INDEX; MULTIVARIATE METHODS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BENTHOS; BIOTYPE; CLASSIFICATION; INDEX METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOTOPE; CALCULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PORTUGAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22044440162     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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