Evaluating the influence of off-shore cage aquaculture on the benthic ecosystem in Alghero Bay (Sardinia, Italy) using AMBI and M-AMBI

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1112-1122

  Forchino, Andrea ^a   Borja, Angel ^b   Brambilla, Fabio ^a   Rodríguez, José Germán ^b   Muxika, Iñigo ^b   Terova, Genciana ^a   Saroglia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMBI; Benthic health; Biotic index; Cage aquaculture; M AMBI; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

AMBI; BENTHIC HEALTH; BIOTIC INDEX; CAGE AQUACULTURE; M-AMBI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUACULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CAGE CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GULF OF ALGHERO; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA;

EID: 79955789478     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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