Low sensitiveness of taxonomic distinctness indices to human impacts: Evidences across marine benthic organisms and habitat types

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 448-455

  Bevilacqua, Stanislao ^a   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   Musco, Luigi ^a   Guarnieri, Giuseppe ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Mediterranean Sea; Mollusks; Polychaetes; Rocky reefs; Soft sediments; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOLLUSCS;

IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLLUSKS; POLYCHAETES; SOFT SEDIMENTS; TAXONOMIC DISTINCTNESS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; POLYCHAETE; REEF; SAMPLING BIAS; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79251595817     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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