Performance of biotic indices in naturally stressed estuarine environments on the Southwestern Atlantic coast (Uruguay): A multiple scale approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-97

  Muniz, Pablo ^a   Hutton, Marisa ^a   Kandratavicius, Noelia ^a   Lanfranconi, Andrea ^a   Brugnoli, Ernesto ^a   Venturini, Natalia ^a   Giménez, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Coastal lagoons; Estuaries; Hierarchical nested sampling design; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ASSIGNMENT OF; ATLANTIC COASTS; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC FAUNAS; BIOTIC INDEX; COASTAL LAGOONS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOLOGICAL INDICES; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ESTUARINE HABITATS; HIERARCHICAL NESTED SAMPLING DESIGN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOW LEVEL; MULTIPLE-SCALE APPROACH; NATURAL VARIATION; SAMPLING DESIGN; SMALL SCALE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL SCALE; THROUGH CURRENT; URUGUAY;

COASTAL ZONES; DESIGN; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MARINE POLLUTION;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; URUGUAY;

EID: 84858748130     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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