Long-term trends in benthic habitat quality as determined by Multivariate AMBI and Infaunal Quality Index in relation to natural variability: A case study in Kinsale Harbour, south coast of Ireland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1427-1436

  Kennedy, Robert ^a   Arthur, Wallace ^a   Keegan, Brendan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Intercalibration; Long term change; Mixed modelling; Soft bottom communities; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; INTERCALIBRATION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MIXED MODELLING; SOFT-BOTTOM; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; WATER CONSERVATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT QUALITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CASE STUDY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TREND STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RAIN; SEAWATER;

COUNTY CORK; IRELAND; KINSALE HARBOUR; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959349230     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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