Evidence necessary for taxa to be reliable indicators of environmental conditions or impacts

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Goodsell, P J ^a   Underwood, A J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlation; Ecological indicators; Environmental indicators; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; INDICATOR SPECIES; SPACE AND TIME;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; SEA POLLUTION; TAXON;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 61349183102     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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