The leaf-bag and the sediment sample: Two sides of the same ecological quality story?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 326-337

  Quintino, Victor ^a   Sangiorgio, Franca ^b   Mamede, Renato ^a   Ricardo, Fernando ^a   Sampaio, Leandro ^a   Martins, Roberto ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^a   Basset, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional indicators; Phragmites australis; Ria de Aveiro; Salinity gradient; Structural indices

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HERB; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 81555216734     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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