Benthic biodiversity patterns in Ria de Aveiro, Western Portugal: Environmental-biological relationships

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 338-348

  Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^a   Quintino, Victor ^a   Sampaio, Leandro ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^a   Neves, Ramiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological quality status; M AMBI; Macroinvertebrates; MOHID model; Transition waters

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA SET; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MUDFLAT; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REDOX POTENTIAL; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

ALKMARIA ROMINJI; ANNELIDA; CAPITELLA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYDORA LIGNI; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII; THARYX; TUBIFICOIDES BENEDII;

EID: 81555195211     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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