Applicability of ecological evaluation tools in estuarine ecosystems: The case of the lower Mondego estuary (Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Teixeira, H ^a   Salas, F ^b   Pardal, M A ^a   Marques, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification tools and ecological quality status; Ecological indicators; Transitional waters; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION;

ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION TOOLS; INVERTEBRATE FAUNA; MITIGATION PRACTICES; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TRANSITIONAL WATERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; MITIGATION; TAXONOMY;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250749121     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0697-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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