The robustness of ecological indicators to detect long-term changes in the macrobenthos of estuarine systems

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-36

  Patrício, Joana ^a   Neto, João Magalhães ^a   Teixeira, Heliana ^a   Salas, Fuensanta ^a,b   Marques, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Ecological indicators; Ecological status; Estuaries; Intertidal; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; INTERTIDAL; PORTUGAL;

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; FIRE HAZARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GRAIN; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; TIME;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 67349256154     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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