Quality assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates under the scope of WFD using BAT, the Benthic Assessment Tool

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1477-1486

  Teixeira, Heliana ^a   Neto, João Magalhães ^a   Patrício, Joana ^a   Veríssimo, Helena ^a   Pinto, Rute ^a   Salas, Fuensanta ^a   Marques, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BAT; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ecological quality; Transitional waters; WFD

Indexed keywords

BAT; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; WFD;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER MOVEMENTS;

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

EID: 70349292126     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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