Assessment of benthic changes during 20 years of monitoring the Mexican Salina Cruz Bay

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 113-132

  Gonzalez Macias C ^a   Schifter, I ^a   Lluch Cota, D B ^b   Mendez Rodriguez L ^b   Hernandez Vazquez S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bay of Salina Cruz Mexico; Contamination; Hydrocarbons; Metals; Mollusk communities; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

BAY OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO; CONTAMINATION; METALS; MOLLUSK COMMUNITIES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; FEEDING; HYDROCARBONS; MACROS; MONITORING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GASTROPOD; HYDROCARBON; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRACE METAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; MEXICO; MOLLUSCA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; SALINA CRUZ BAY;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 58549083400     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0187-8     Document Type: Article

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