Assessment of the ecological status of north-eastern Adriatic coastal waters (Istria, Croatia) using macroalgal assemblages for the European Union Water Framework Directive

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-23

  Ives, Ljiljana ^a   Lyons, Daniel Mark ^a   Devescovi, Massimo ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Benthic macroalgae; Corallina; Cystoseira; Ecological evaluation index; Istria; Northern adriatic; Rocky bottom; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; MACROALGA; TESTING METHOD;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CORALLINA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CYSTOSEIRA; CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA;

EID: 64349087485     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.964     Document Type: Article

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