Ability of benthic indicators to assess ecological quality in estuaries following management

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-143

  Veríssimo, Helena ^a   Neto, João M ^a   Teixeira, Heliana ^a   Franco, J N ^a   Fath, Brian D ^b,c   Marques, João Carlos ^a   Patrício, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological quality; Estuaries; Management; Portugal; Subtidal benthic macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ESTUARINE ZONES; EVALUATION TOOL; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MACROFAUNA; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; ROBUST APPROACHES; SIMPSON; SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; RESTORATION; WATER QUALITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84858746658     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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