Response of intertidal macrobenthic communities to long term human induced changes in the Eo estuary (Asturias, Spain): Implications for environmental management

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-299

  de Paz, L ^a   Neto, J M ^b   Marques, J C ^b   Laborda, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthos; Cantabric sea; Ecosystem disturbance; Environmental impact; Eo estuary; Long term; Shellfish culture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARIES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BUFFER CAPACITIES; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; HUMAN INDUCED CHANGES; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIMES; LONG TERM; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; PHYSICAL HABITAT; REFERENCE SITUATION; SAMPLING STATIONS; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SPANISH COASTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL CHANGES; UNIVARIATE METHODS;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; SPAIN;

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

EID: 48549096884     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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