The ecological quality status of the Elbe estuary. A comparative approach on different benthic biotic indices applied to a highly modified estuary

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-129

  Wetzel, Markus A ^a,b   Von Der Ohe, Peter C ^c   Manz, Werner ^b   Koop, Jochen H E ^a,b   Wahrendorf, Dierk Steffen ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b University Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMBI; Benthic indicators; BO2A; BOPA; M AMBI; Sediment contamination; W statistic; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

AMBI; BO2A; BOPA; M-AMBI; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; W-STATISTIC; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); NAVIGATION; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TUNGSTEN; WATER CONSERVATION;

ESTUARIES;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INVERTEBRATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ELBE ESTUARY; GERMANY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858748750     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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