Influence of sampling effort on metrics of fish-based indices for the assessment of estuarine ecological quality

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-18

  Gamito, Rita ^a   Pasquaud, Stéphanie ^a   Courrat, Anne ^b   Drouineau, Hilaire ^b   Fonseca, Vanessa F ^a   Gonçalves, Catarina I ^a   Wouters, Noémie ^a   Costa, José L ^a   Lepage, Mario ^b   Costa, Maria J ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological quality; Estuaries; Fish based multimetric indices; Metrics; Sampling effort; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AS SPECIES; ASSESSMENT INDEX; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE FISH; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH FAUNA; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; METRICS; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; PSEUDO RANDOM; SAMPLING METHOD; SPECIES RICHNESS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSITIONAL WATERS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WEB STRUCTURES;

ECOLOGY; FISH; WATER CONSERVATION;

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; PISCIVORE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE WATER;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84860631915     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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