Ecological quality assessment of small estuaries from the Portuguese coast based on fish assemblages indices

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 992-1001

  Cardoso, Inês ^a   Pais, Miguel Pessanha ^a   Henriques, Sofia ^a   da Fonseca, Luís Cancela ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Fish assemblages; Fish based multimetric indices; Portuguese coast; Small estuaries

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EQUIVALENT PRESSURE; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE COAST; SMALL ESTUARIES;

ECOLOGY; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FISH;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARY; FISH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; MIRA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79955633399     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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