Evaluating macrobenthic process indicators in relation to organic enrichment and hypoxia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Rakocinski, Chet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic Index; Biomass size spectra; Community turnover rate; Hypoxia; Macrobenthic process indicators; Organic enrichment; Secondary production potential

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INDICES; HYPOXIA; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; PROCESS INDICATORS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TURNOVER RATE;

BIODIVERSITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROBENTHOS; SAMPLING; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TURNOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 80053253987     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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