A biotic index using the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (BiPo), to evaluate ecological status of coastal waters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-389

  Lopez y Royo, C ^a,b   Casazza, G ^b   Pergent Martini, C ^c   Pergent, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b APAT   (Italy)

^c Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biotic index; Ecological status; Management; Seagrass; Water quality; WFD

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BIOTIC INDEX; COASTAL WATERS; CORSICA; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; P. OCEANICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASSES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WELL REFLECTS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WFD;

OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INDEX METHOD; MEADOW; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; SEAGRASS;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 70449530492     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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