A benthic perspective in assessing the ecological status of estuaries: The case of the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-416

  Teixeira, H ^a   Salas, F ^b   Borja, Á ^c   Neto, J M ^a   Marques, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological indices; Estuaries; Macrozoobenthos; Salinity; Sediment composition; Water framework directive; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; ECOLOGICAL INDICES; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; MACROZOOBENTHOS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITIONS;

ESTUARIES;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

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

EID: 39749156457     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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