BITS: A SMART indicator for soft-bottom, non-tidal lagoons

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 587-599

  Mistri, Michele ^a   Munari, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

ANNELID; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARINE POLLUTION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAGOON; MACROFAUNA; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLYCHAETA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 40849104786     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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