Application of an angiosperm-based classification system (BiPo) to Mediterranean coastal waters: Using spatial analysis and data on metal contamination of plants in identifying sources of pressure

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Lopez y Royo, Cecilia ^a,b   Silvestri, Cecilia ^a   Salivas Decaux, Maylis ^b   Pergent, Gerard ^b   Casazza, Gianna ^a  

^a Agency for Environmental Protection   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Ecological status; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 71349083844     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9880-z     Document Type: Article

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