An insight into the performance of benthic classification indices tested in Eastern Mediterranean coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 701-709

  Simboura, N ^a   Argyrou, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Classification indices; Coastal waters; Intercalibration; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION INDEX; COASTAL WATERS; INTERCALIBRATION; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS;

ECOSYSTEMS; WATER CONSERVATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL WATER; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; GREECE; HABITAT QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CYPRUS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 77953023537     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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