Benthic foraminifera provide a promising tool for ecological quality assessment of marine waters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-75

  Bouchet, Vincent M P ^a   Alve, Elisabeth ^a   Rygg, Brage ^b   Telford, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diversity index; Ecological quality status; Environmental monitoring; Living benthic foraminifera; Methodological procedures; Oxygen gradient

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

ECOLOGY; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE POLICY; NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84859412076     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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