Ecological status assessment in the lower Eo estuary (Spain). The challenge of habitat heterogeneity integration: A benthic perspective

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1275-1283

  de Paz, L ^a   Patricio J ^b   Marques, J C ^b   Borja, A ^c   Laborda, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Eo estuary; M AMBI; Spain; Transitional waters; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ELSEVIER (CO); EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (EWFD); INTER CALIBRATION; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NOVE L APPROACH; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; SALINITY - GRADIENT; WATER SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARY; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SALINITY; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIVERS; SALINITY; SPAIN;

EO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 46149100245     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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