Effects of a brine discharge over soft bottom Polychaeta assemblage

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-250

  Del Pilar Ruso, Yoana ^a   De la Ossa Carretero, Jose Antonio ^a   Giménez Casalduero, Francisca ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Brine discharge; Environmental impact; Mediterranean Sea; Polychaete families

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOINDICATORS; BRINE DISCHARGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC POLLUTIONS; POLYCHAETA; POLYCHAETE FAMILIES; SALINITY CHANGES; SOFT BOTTOMS; SYLLIDAE; UNIVARIATE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DESALINATION; WATER FILTRATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BRINE; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRINE; INORGANIC SALT; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SPAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCHAETA; SALTS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 58149142522     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.041     Document Type: Review

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