Testing taxonomic resolution levels for detecting environmental impacts using macrobenthic assemblages in tropical waters

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 435-444

  Naser, Humood A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Ecological assessment; Heavy metals; Macrobenthic assemblages; Nutrients; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; HEAVY METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; TROPICS;

BAHRAIN; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; MACROBENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTING METHOD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENUS; MACROBENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BAHRAIN;

EID: 77957683514     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1244-7     Document Type: Article

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