Assessing reliable indicators to sewage pollution in coastal soft-bottom communities

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2133-2149

  De La Ossa Carretero, Jose Antonio ^a   Del Pilar Ruso, Yoana ^a   Giménez Casalduero, Francisca ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos; Mediterranean Sea; Meta analysis; Monitoring; Sewage; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHOS; GRANULOMETRIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; META-ANALYSIS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRE-TREATMENT; REDOX POTENTIALS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SOFT-BOTTOM;

MONITORING; OUTFALLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE;

METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; META-ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEWAGE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWER OUTFALL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMPHIPODA; TANAIDAE;

EID: 84862881930     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2105-8     Document Type: Article

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