Assessing anthropogenic pressures on estuarine fish nurseries along the Portuguese coast: A multi-metric index and conceptual approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 374, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 199-215

  Vasconcelos, R P ^a   Reis Santos, P ^a   Fonseca, V ^a   Maia, A ^a   Ruano, M ^a   Franca S ^a   Vinagre, C ^a   Costa, M J ^a   Cabral, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pressures; Conceptual model; Estuaries; Fish nursery; Multi metric index; Portugal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; FISH NURSERY; MULTI-METRIC INDEX;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLABELING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPLOITATION; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; NURSERY GROUND;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FISH; METRIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE; MORONIDAE; PLEURONECTIDAE; SOLEIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 33847214853     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.048     Document Type: Article

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