Sewage pollution impact on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-397

  Azzurro, Ernesto ^a   Matiddi, Marco ^a   Fanelli, Emanuela ^b   Guidetti, Paolo ^c   Mesa, Gabriele La ^a   Scarpato, Alfonso ^a   Axiak, Victor ^d  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Opportunistic species; Sensitive species; Sewage impact; Visual census

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH SPECIES; MARINE COASTAL WATER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OPPORTUNISTIC SPECIES; POLLUTION IMPACT; REEF FISHES; SENSITIVE SPECIES; SEWAGE OUTFALL; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; VISUAL CENSUS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FISH; LOCATION; OUTFALLS; SEWAGE; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; GOBIUS BUCCHICHII; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MALTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARABLENNIUS ROUXI; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS; SYMPHODUS ROISSALI; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

GOBIUS BUCCHICHII; PARABLENNIUS ROUXI; SYMPHODUS; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS; SYMPHODUS ROISSALI;

EID: 77952674866     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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