Ecological status of seagrass ecosystems: An uncertainty analysis of the meadow classification based on the Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1616-1621

  Bennett, Scott ^a   Roca, Guillem ^a   Romero, Javier ^b   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Coastal waters; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Uncertainty analysis; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; COASTAL WATERS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ECOLOGY; SEAWEED; WATER CONSERVATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; PROCESS DESIGN; SEAGRASS; SYNECOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALISMATIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZOSTERACEAE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79960427480     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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