Intertidal macrofaunal communities in an intensely polluted estuary

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 397-410

  Bustamante, Maria ^a   Tajadura Martin F J ^a   Saiz Salinas, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilbao estuary; Biomonitoring; Estuary; Hard and soft substrates; Hypoxia; Macrozoobenthos; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; REMEDIATION; SPAIN;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITIES; MACROZOOBENTHOS;

ESTUARIES;

SEA WATER;

BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HYPOXIA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ESTUARY; HYPOXIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEWER; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 35848956800     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9631-4     Document Type: Article

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