Taxonomic structure and the effectiveness of surrogates in environmental monitoring: a lesson from polychaetes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 383, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-210

  Musco, Luigi ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a   Licciano, Margherita ^a   Giangrande, Adriana ^a  

^a DiSTeBA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical designs; Polychaeta; Sewage pollution; Spatial scales; Species redundancy; Syllidae; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURROGATE METHOD; TAXONOMY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA; SYLLIDAE;

EID: 67149107487     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07989     Document Type: Article

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