Evaluation of the impact of industrial sewage pollution on marine benthic communities

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 364-374

  Tabatabaie, T ^a   Amiri, F ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Biotic indices; Human activity; Macrobenthos; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOTIC INDEX; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; COASTAL WATERS; COLD SEASON; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DOMINANT SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GASTROPODA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOPODA; MACROBENTHOS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SHANNON-WEAVER DIVERSITY INDEX; WARM SEASONS; WATER PROPERTIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; COASTAL WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; SEASONALITY; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; ISOPODA; PENNATULACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 80052645557     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.058     Document Type: Article

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