Applicability of the trophic index TRIX in two transitional ecosystems: The Mar Menor lagoon (Spain) and the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1442-1448

  Salas, Fuensanta ^a   Teixeira, Heliana ^b   Marcos, Concepción ^a   Marques, João Carlos ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Eutrophication; Trophic index

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STATUS;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MONDEGO ESTUARY; MURCIA [SPAIN]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 53849096694     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn123     Document Type: Article

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