Ecological reference conditions and quality states of marine macroalgae sensu Water Framework Directive: An example from the intertidal rocky shores of the Portuguese coastal waters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-38

  Gaspar, Rui ^a   Pereira, Leonel ^a   Neto, João M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Ecological quality; Intertidal rocky shores; Macroalgae; Reference conditions; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; MACRO-ALGAE; REFERENCE CONDITION; ROCKY SHORE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

IODINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROALGA; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKY SHORE; TAXONOMY; WATER PLANNING;

PORTUGAL;

CHLOROPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84858746220     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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