Development of a new index for the assessment of hydromorphological alterations of the Mediterranean rocky shore

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-36

  Orlando Bonaca, Martina ^a   Mavrič, Borut ^a   Urbanič, Gorazd ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; BIRS; Hydromorphological conditions; New index; North Adriatic; WFD

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIRS; HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NEW INDICES; WFD;

ANIMALS; CORRELATION METHODS; WATER CONSERVATION;

RATING;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; INVERTEBRATE; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052598433     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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