Early life stages of fishes as indicators of estuarine ecosystem health

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-183

  Ramos, Sandra ^a   Amorim, Eva ^b   Elliott, Michael ^c   Cabral, Henrique ^d   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Early life stages of fishes; Ecological status; Estuary; Nursery function

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL WATER; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; EARLY LIFE; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL GUILDS; HUMAN IMPACT; JUVENILE FISH; LARVAL FISHES; MARINE SPECIES; NUTRIENT LOADS; POLLUTION ELEMENTS; POLLUTION LEVEL; PORTUGAL; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; TRANSITIONAL WATERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALCIUM; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FISH; GUILD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; SEWAGE; SURVEY; TOXICOLOGY;

AVE ESTUARY; BRAGA [PORTUGAL]; CAVADO ESTUARY; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

AVES; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; PISCES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 84858748862     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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