Ecological assessment of soft bottom benthic communities in northern Spanish estuaries

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-388

  Puente, A ^a   Juanes, J A ^a   Garcia A ^a   Alvarez C ^a   Revilla, J A ^a   Carranza, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ecological assessment; Northern Spain; Transitional waters; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ESTUARIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749105364     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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