Methodological challenges in assessing the environmental status of a marine ecosystem: Case study of the baltic sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ojaveer, Henn ^a   Eero, Margit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 79955767856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019231     Document Type: Article

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