Assessing benthic health in stressed subtropical estuaries, eastern Florida, USA using AMBI and M-AMBI

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Borja, A ^a   Tunberg, B G ^b  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AMBI; Benthic health; Biotic indices; Eastern Florida; M AMBI; Quality assessment; Subtropical lagoon

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HEALTH; TROPICS; WATER;

AMBI; BENTHIC HEALTH; BIOTIC INDEX; FLORIDA; M-AMBI; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SUBTROPICAL LAGOON;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOTIC FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; LAGOON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; SAINT LUCIE ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954421523     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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