Benthic recovery after fish farming cessation: A " beyond-BACI" approach

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-738

  Aguado Gimenez F ^a   Piedecausa, M A ^a   Gutierrez J M ^b   Garcia Charton J A ^c   Belmonte, A ^b   Garcia Garcia B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b Taxon Estudios Ambientales SL Polígono Industrial Oeste ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic recovery; Beyond BACI; Fish farming cessation; Polychaete assemblage; Spatial temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BEYOND-BACI; CONTROL SITES; FISH FARMING; FISH FARMING CESSATION; FISH FARMS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GRANULOMETRIES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; POLYCHAETE ASSEMBLAGE; POLYCHAETE FAMILIES; REDOX POTENTIALS; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; REDOX REACTIONS;

RECOVERY;

PHOSPHORUS; SULFIDE;

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SULFIDE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BEYOND BACI APPROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MEAGRE; OMNIVORE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PISCICULTURE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA BREAM; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHAETA; SEAWATER;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84859105366     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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