Testing BOPA index in sewage affected soft-bottom communities in the north-western Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-340

  de la Ossa Carretero, J A ^a   del Pilar Ruso, Y ^a   Gimenez Casalduero F ^a   Sanchez Lizaso J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Benthic indicators; BOPA index; Mediterranean; Opportunistic polychaetes; Sewage; Soft bottoms; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODS; BENTHIC INDICATORS; BOPA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN; OPPORTUNISTIC POLYCHAETES; SOFT-BOTTOMS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONSERVATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLYCHAETE; SAND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BOPA INDEX; COASTAL WATERS; DECISION MAKING; LAW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

AMPHIPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 61349193779     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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