A biological trait approach to assess the functional composition of subtidal benthic communities in an estuarine ecosystem

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-133

  Van Der Linden, Pieter ^a   Patrício, Joana ^a   Marchini, Agnese ^b   Cid, Núria ^c   Neto, João Magalhães ^a   Marques, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Biological traits analysis (BTA); Functional diversity; Functional redundancy; Mondego estuary; Portugal; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; PORTUGAL; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

ESTUARIES; FORESTRY; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; REDUNDANCY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; TAXONOMY; VISUALIZATION;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857977630     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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