Taxonomic sufficiency in the detection of natural and human-induced changes in marine assemblages: A comparison of habitats and taxonomic groups

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1850-1859

  Bevilacqua, Stanislao ^a   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   Musco, Luigi ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Human impacts; Mollusks; Multivariate analyses; Polychaetes; Taxonomic surrogates

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HUMAN IMPACT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MARINE SYSTEMS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

DECISION MAKING; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; TAXONOMIES;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT USE; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 71549154659     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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