The impact of coastal urbanization on the structure of phytobenthic communities in southern Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 772-778

  Martins, Cintia D L ^a   Arantes, Noele ^a   Faveri, Caroline ^a   Batista, Manuela B ^a   Oliveira, Eurico C ^b   Pagliosa, Paulo R ^a   Fonseca, Alessandra L ^a   Nunes, José Marcos C ^c   Chow, Fungyi ^b   Pereira, Sonia B ^d   Horta, Paulo A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human impact; Macroalgae; Rocky shore; Sewage impact

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; CLADOPHORA; COASTAL AREA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PATTERNS; HUMAN IMPACT; MACROALGAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCES; PHYTOBENTHOS; RHODOPHYTA; ROCKY SHORE; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ULVA SPP;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES;

SEWAGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLADOPHORA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RED ALGA; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXON; ULVA; URBANIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHLOROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHAEOPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA; SEAWEED; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA;

EID: 84859108129     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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