The use of coarser taxonomy in the detection of long-term changes in polychaete assemblages

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-138

  Musco, Luigi ^a   Mikac, Barbara ^b   Tataranni, Mariella ^a   Giangrande, Adriana ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Anoxia; Biomonitoring; Polychaetes; Taxonomic sufficiency; Taxonomy; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; ANOXIA; BIOMONITORING; POLYCHAETES; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

TAXONOMIES;

ANOXIA; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY; TAXONOMY; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79251600444     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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