Benthic indices and ecological quality of shallow Algeria fine sand community

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-408

  Bakalem, A ^a   Ruellet, T ^b   Dauvin, J C ^b  

^a Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Benthic index; Ecological quality; Shallow fine sand community; Shallow waters; Well Calibrated Fine Sand Biocenosis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAND; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGERIA; BENTHIC INDEX; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; SHALLOW FINE SAND COMMUNITY; SHALLOW WATERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ALGIERS; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 57749189563     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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