Assessment of the ecological quality status of soft-bottoms in Reunion Island (tropical Southwest Indian Ocean) using AZTI marine biotic indices

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 704-722

  Bigot, Lionel ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^b   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^c   Frouin, Patrick ^a   Maire, Olivier ^c   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT CARNOT CIRIMAT   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

AMBI; Disturbance; Ecological quality status; Indian Ocean; M AMBI; Macrobenthic communities; Organic enrichment; Reunion Island; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WATER;

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY STATUS; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; REUNION ISLANDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INDIAN OCEAN; MACROFAUNA; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; TROPICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 41149097455     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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