Indices for the assessment of environmental pollution of the Baltic Sea coasts: Integrated assessment of a multi-biomarker approach

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 508-522

  Broeg, Katja ^a   Lehtonen, Kari K ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomarkers; Integrated indices; Monitoring; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOEFFECT ASSESSMENT INDEX (BAI); INTEGRATED BIOMARKER INDEX (IBR); MARINE ORGANISMS;

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; TOXICITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOLLUSC; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROJECT DESIGN; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOUNDER; HEALTH STATUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; MYTILUS; OCEANS AND SEAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

LYCODES TOYAMENSIS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS;

EID: 33748680706     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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