Ecological quality assessment of small estuaries from the Portuguese coast based on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages indices

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1136-1142

  Cardoso, Inês ^a   Cancela da Fonseca, Luís ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates based indices; Benthic macroinvertebrates communities; Ecological integrity; Portuguese coast; Small estuaries

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PORTUGUESE COAST;

ESTUARIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORTUGAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84861951796     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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