Assessment of the ecological status of coastal areas and estuaries in France, using multiple fish-based indicators: A comparative analysis on the Vilaine estuary

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-572

  Amour, Anik Brind ^a   Lobry, Jérémy ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Fish communities; Indicators; Integrated approaches; Metric; Typology of fish indicators

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COASTAL FISHERY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TYPOLOGY;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE; ILLE ET VILAINE; VILAINE ESTUARY;

EID: 77952137376     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2009052     Document Type: Article

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