An ecological integrity index for littoral wetlands in agricultural catchments of semiarid mediterranean regions

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 412-430

  Ortega, Manuel ^a   Velasco, Josefa ^b   Millán, Andrés ^b   Guerrero, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Land uses; Landscape diversity; Non point source pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY INDEX; LANDSCAPES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; SEMIARID REGION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDSCAPE; LITTORAL; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WETLAND;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RIPARIA;

EID: 2542464029     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-3059-6     Document Type: Article

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