Assessing estuarine environmental quality using fish-based indices: Performance evaluation under climatic instability

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1834-1843

  Martinho, F ^a   Viegas, I ^a   Dolbeth, M ^a   Leitao R ^a   Cabral, H N ^b   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological Quality Status; Fish community; Fish based indices; Mondego estuary; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FISH; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; TRUCKS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY STATUS; FISH COMMUNITY; MONDEGO ESTUARY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ESTUARIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; ESTUARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PORTUGAL;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549102019     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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