Environmental quality assessment in estuarine ecosystems: Use of biometric measurements and fecundity of the ragworm Nereis diversicolor (Polychaeta, Nereididae)

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2157-2165

  Durou, Cyril ^a,b   Mouneyrac, Catherine ^a,b   Amiard Triquet, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Biometric measurements; Biomonitoring; Fecundity; Nereis diversicolor; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FISH; GROWTH KINETICS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; FECUNDITY; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARIES; FISH; GROWTH KINETICS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOMETRY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FECUNDITY; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WORM;

AUTHIE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIDIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 41949107957     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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