Suitability of benthic macrophyte indices (EEI, E-MaQI and BENTHOS) for detecting anthropogenic pressures in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Spain)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-60

  Garcia Sanchez M ^a   Perez Ruzafa I M ^b   Marcos, C ^a   Perez Ruzafa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Coastal lagoon; Macrophyte assemblages; Mar Menor; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL LAGOONS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; MACROPHYTES; MAR MENOR; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATURAL GRADIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; REGRESSION MODEL; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING; STRESS CONDITION; SUBSTRATE TYPES; URBAN WASTES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOMARKERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROPHYTE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84858750134     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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