Aquatic birds as bioindicators of trophic changes and ecosystem deterioration in the Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 550, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-235

  Martínez Fernández, Julia ^a   Esteve Selma, Miguel Angel ^a   Aymerich, Francisco Robledano ^a   Pardo Sáez, María Teresa ^a   Carreño Fructuoso, María Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic birds; Bioindicators; Dynamic model; Irrigated lands; Mar Menor; Nutrient flows

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; NUTRITION;

AQUATIC BIRDS; DYNAMIC MODEL; IRRIGATED LANDS; MAR MENOR; NUTRIENT FLOWS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; WATERFOWL;

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

ANATIDAE; AVES; MERGUS SERRATOR; PODICIPEDIDAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 25444501048     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4382-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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