Different levels of macroalgal sampling resolution for pollution assessment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1779-1789

  Díez, Isabel ^a   Santolaria, Alberto ^a   Gorostiaga, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Data transformation; Functional groups; Intertidal assemblages; Recovery process; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DATA TRANSFORMATION; INTERTIDAL ASSEMBLAGES; RECOVERY PROCESS; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RECOVERY; VEGETATION;

METADATA;

BIOMONITORING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROALGA; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MACROALGA; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 77957107443     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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