Assessing fish quality status in transitional waters, within the European Water Framework Directive: Setting boundary classes and responding to anthropogenic pressures

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-224

  Uriarte, Ainhize ^a   Borja, Angel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

anthropogenic pressures; Basque Country; ecological status; fishes; indicators; oxygen; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PISCES;

EID: 61849086786     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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