Quality assessment of Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional waters: Comparing responses of benthic biotic indices

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ponti, M ^a   Pinna, M ^b   Basset, A ^b   Moncheva, S ^c   Trayanova, A ^c   Georgescu, L P ^d   Beqiraj, S ^e   Orfanidis, S ^f   Abbiati, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^d DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^f INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Biotic indices; Ecological quality assessment; Transitional waters

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLICY ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TYPOLOGY; WATER PLANNING; ZOOBENTHOS;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 51649111912     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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