Ecological quality assessment of the lower Lima Estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 234-239

  Costa Dias, Sérgia ^a,b   Sousa, Ronaldo ^a,c   Antunes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AMBI; Anthropogenic impacts; Ecological status; Lima Estuary; M AMBI; Macrozoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BIOTIC FACTORS; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; DISTURBANCE FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE AREAS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROZOOBENTHOS; NON-INDIGENOUS;

ECOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ZOOBENTHOS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

LIMIA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

EID: 77951298608     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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