Community properties of benthic molluscs as indicators of environmental stress induced by organic enrichment

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 559-574

  Dimitriadis, Charalampos ^a   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic community; Environmental assessment; Molluscs; NE Aegean; Organic load gradient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GERA BAY; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 46249110619     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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