Comments on the development of new macroalgal indices to assess water quality within the Mediterranean Sea: A reply

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 628-630

  Ballesteros, Enric ^a   Pinedo, Susana ^a   Arévalo, Raquel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOLOGY; BLUE GREEN ALGA; BROWN ALGA; ECOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; LETTER; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED ALGA; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34247871207     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.012     Document Type: Letter

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