Evaluation of sediment profile imagery as a tool for assessing water quality in Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 818-825

  Shumchenia, Emily J ^a   King, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic Habitat Quality; Hypoxia; Narragansett Bay; Rhode Island; Sediment profile imagery; USA

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC HABITATS; CATEGORICAL DATA; FECAL PELLETS; HIGH PROBABILITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW SENSITIVITY; ON TIME; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; REDOX POTENTIALS; RHODE ISLAND; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SPATIAL EXTENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; INTERCHANGES; PELLETIZING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WINDOWS;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BURROW; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISTURBANCE; FECAL PELLET; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOXIA; IMAGERY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649341919     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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