Exploiting salmon farm benthic enrichment gradients to evaluate the regional performance of biotic indices and environmental indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 453-466

  Keeley, Nigel B ^a,b   Forrest, Barrie M ^a   Crawford, Christine ^b   MacLeod, Catriona K ^b  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eco Group classifications; Ecological quality status; Impact assessment; Marine aquaculture; Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand; Organic enrichment; Seabed monitoring

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MARINE AQUACULTURE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT;

REDOX REACTIONS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MARICULTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALMONID CULTURE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SULFIDE;

MARLBOROUGH; MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84861449957     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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