A synthesis of the biological quality elements for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in the Mediterranean ecoregion: The case of Saronikos Gulf

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-266

  Simboura, N ^a   Panayotidis, P ^a   Papathanassiou, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biotic index; Coastal waters; Ecological status; Macroalgae; Macroinvertebrates; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROALGAE; MEDITERRANEAN ECOREGION; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROALGA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SARONICOS GULF; WORLD;

EID: 27544509922     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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