A preliminary study toward an index based on coralligenous assemblages for the ecological status assessment of Mediterranean French coastal waters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 345-352

  Deter, Julie ^a,b   Descamp, Pierre ^a   Ballesta, Laurent ^a   Boissery, Pierre ^c   Holon, Florian ^a  

^a L'Oeil d'Andromde ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c French Water Agency Rhône Méditerranée Corse RMC   (France)

Author keywords

Coralligene; ecological indicator; Hard bottom assemblage; Water framework directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; CORALLIGENE; CURRENT DIRECTION; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD WORKS; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; HARD BOTTOM ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; MULTIPLE CORRELATION; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BIODIVERSITY; RATING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGA; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INDEX METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

BRYOZOA; GORGONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84859871731     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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