Assessment of the subtidal macrobenthic community functioning of a temperate estuary following environmental restoration

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 312-322

  Veríssimo, Helena ^a   Bremner, Julie ^b   Garcia, Clément ^b   Patrício, Joana ^a   Van Der Linden, Pieter ^a   Marques, João Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological Traits Analysis (BTA); Estuaries; Functioning; Macroinvertebrates; Management

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUNCTIONAL LEVELS; FUNCTIONING; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MONITORING PERIODS; PORTUGAL; POTENTIAL ABILITY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RECOVERY ACTIONS; SOFT-BOTTOM; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION;

ESTUARIES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MONITORING; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84860626697     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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