Use of the size fractionation of the macrobenthic biomass for the rapid assessment of benthic organic enrichment

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-742

  Lampadariou, Nikolaos ^a   Akoumianaki, Ioanna ^a   Karakassis, Ioannis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic enrichment; Biomass fractionation index (BFI); Macrobenthos monitoring; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC ENRICHMENT; BIOMASS FRACTIONATION INDEX (BFI); MACROBENTHOS MONITORING;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH CULTURE; FISHING; MACROBENTHOS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 40649124175     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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