Identification of similar environmental areas in Tagus estuary by using multivariate analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 508-515

  Brogueira, Maria J ^a   Cabeçadas, Graça ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Multivariate analysis; Seasonal and spatial patterns; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 33646819693     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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