Do nematode and macrofauna assemblages provide similar ecological assessment information?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-137

  Patrício, Joana ^a   Adão, Helena ^b   Neto, João M ^a   Alves, Ana S ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^c   Marques, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Estuarine gradient; Macrofauna; Nematodes; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE GRADIENT; MACROFAUNA; NEMATODES; PORTUGAL;

ESTUARIES; MARINE POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; MICROHABITAT; NEMATODE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

NEMATODA;

EID: 80053176063     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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