Observational evidence of the sensitivity of some fish species to environmental stressors in Mediterranean rivers

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Maceda Veiga, Alberto ^a   De Sostoa, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Fish; Habitat quality; Tolerance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

FISH;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORDINATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE; WATER QUALITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 79954416750     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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