Effective methods for assessing ecological quality in intertidal soft-sediment habitats

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1726-1733

  Fitch, Jayne E ^a   Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Mulitmetric indices; Soft bottom communities

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; INTERTIDAL; MACROFAUNA; MULITMETRIC INDICES; SOFT-BOTTOM;

MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; AZTI MARINE BIOTIC INDEX; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFAUNAL QUALITY INDEX; INFAUNAL TROPHIC INDEX; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE AZTI MARINE BIOTIC INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 77957116827     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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