Application and reassessment of the reduced species list index for macroalgae to assess the ecological status under the Water Framework Directive in the Atlantic coast of Southern Spain

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-57

  Bermejo, Ricardo ^a   Vergara, Juan J ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Macroalgae; North East Atlantic; Rocky shore; Water Framework Directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; MACROALGAE; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; ROCKY SHORE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

DATA REDUCTION; RATING; TURBIDITY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; RED LIST; ROCKY SHORE; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 80052603523     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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