The importance of habitat-type for defining the reference conditions and the ecological quality status based on benthic invertebrates: The Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (Southern Portugal) case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-72

  Gamito, Sofia ^a   Patrício, Joana ^b   Neto, João M ^b   Marques, João Carlos ^b   Teixeira, Heliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic Assessment Tool (BAT); Coastal lagoons; Ecological assessment; Habitat heterogeneity; Multimetric indices; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; COASTAL LAGOONS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD);

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEGRADATION; LAKES; RATING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HISTORICAL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAGRASS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858747797     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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