A method to identify estuarine macroinvertebrate pollution indicator species in the Virginian Biogeographic Province

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1037-1048

  Pelletier, Marguerite C ^a,b   Gold, Arthur J ^b   Heltshe, James F ^c   Buffum, Henry W ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^d Raytheon   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Estuaries; Indicator species; Indices; Pollution sensitive; Pollution tolerant

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMONITORS; COASTAL AREA; DATA SETS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; INDICATOR SPECIES; INDICES; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; POLLUTION GRADIENT; POLLUTION IMPACT; POLLUTION INDICATORS; PRINCIPAL COORDINATES ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE VALUES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ANIMALS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESTUARIES; FEEDING;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 77951134387     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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