Performance of selected indicators in evaluating the consequences of dredged material relocation and marine aggregate extraction

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 704-718

  Ware, Suzanne J ^a   Rees, Hubert L ^a   Boyd, Sian E ^a   Birchenhough, Silvana N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate extraction; Benthic macrofauna; Criteria; Dredgings relocation; Indicator

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DREDGES; FORESTRY;

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; BIOTIC INDICES; CRITERIA; DREDGED MATERIALS; DREDGINGS RELOCATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDICATOR; NUMBER OF SPECIES; ORGANIC ENRICHMENTS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITIES; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPECIES ABUNDANCES; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

EXTRACTION;

BENTHOS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTRACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149458438     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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