Benthic foraminifera from the coastal zone of Baia (Naples, Italy): Assemblage distribution and modification as tools for environmental characterisation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 8-12, 2009, Pages 234-244

  Bergamin, Luisa ^a   Romano, Elena ^a   Finoia, Maria Grazia ^a   Venti, Francesco ^a   Bianchi, Jessica ^a   Colasanti, Andrea ^a   Ausili, Antonella ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia tepida; Baia coastal zone (Naples, Italy); Benthic foraminifera; Marine sediments; PCBs; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHARACTERISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MARINE AREAS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PCBS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; ROSE BENGAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS;

AMMONIA; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ROSE BENGAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAIN SIZE; HARBOR; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; PARTICLE SIZE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAIA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMMONIA TEPIDA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 71749112452     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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