Development of a multistep indicator-based approach (MIBA) for the assessment of environmental quality of harbours

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1436-1441

  Marin, Valentina ^a   Moreno, Mariapaola ^a   Vassallo, Paolo ^a   Vezzulli, Luigi ^a   Fabiano, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Harbour; Indicators; Monitoring; Sediment quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HARBOR; MARINE POLLUTION; VISUALIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 53849099302     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn117     Document Type: Article

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