An intercalibration of classification metrics of benthic macroinvertebrates in coastal and transitional ecosystems of the Eastern Mediterranean ecoregion (Greece)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-126

  Simboura, N ^a   Reizopoulou, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Eastern Mediterranean; Ecological quality assessment; Intercalibration; Lagoons; Macroinvertebrates; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; WATER TREATMENT;

COASTAL WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; INTERCALIBRATION; LAGOONS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL WETLAND; DATA SET; ECOLOGY; ECOREGION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CALIBRATION; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; LAGOON; LAW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREECE; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38049179299     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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