Can biotic indices detect mild organic enrichment of the seafloor?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1235-1244

  Sampaio, Leandro ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^a   Quintino, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abra alba; AMBI; Biotic indices; M AMBI; Macrofauna succession; Nephtys sp; Organic enrichment; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABRA ALBA; AMBI; BIOTIC INDICES; M-AMBI; MACROFAUNA; NEPHTYS SP; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OUTFALLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER CONSERVATION;

ISOTOPES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENRICHMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLYCHAETE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEAFLOOR; SEWAGE OUTFALL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ABRA ALBA; NEPHTYS;

EID: 79955846113     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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