A comparative approach of assessing ecological status in two coastal areas of Eastern Mediterranean

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-468

  Simboura, N ^a   Reizopoulou, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecological status; Indices; Macroinvertebrates; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ECOLOGICAL STATUS; FAUNISTIC DATA; MACROINVERTEBRATE QUALITY ELEMENTS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVOIKOS GULF; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI GULF;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33846693059     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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