Current developments on fish-based indices to assess ecological-quality status of estuaries and lagoons

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-45

  Pérez Domínguez, Rafael ^a   MacI, Stefano ^a,b   Courrat, Anne ^c   Lepage, Mario ^c   Borja, Angel ^d   Uriarte, Ainhize ^d   Neto, Joao M ^e   Cabral, Henrique ^f   St raykov, Violin ^g   Franco, Anita ^a   Alvarez, María C ^a   Elliott, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Estuaries; Fish indices; Human pressures; Transitional waters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY; AQUATIC BIOTA; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; COASTAL SYSTEMS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRENT INDEX; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ESTUARINE FISH; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; FISH POPULATIONS; FISH SPECIES; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; INDEX VALUES; INDICATOR SPECIES; METRIC GROUPS; METRIC VALUES; MISCLASSIFICATION RATES; QUALITY FEATURES; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING METHOD; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT;

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; LAKES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CALIBRATION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859403734     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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