The challenge of choosing environmental indicators of anthropogenic impacts in estuaries

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-217

  Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Simpson, Stuart L ^b   Kelaher, Brendan P ^c   Clark, Graeme F ^a   Komyakova, Valeriya ^a   Wong, Chris K C ^d   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Contaminant; Estuary; Metals; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMONITORS; CONTAMINANT; CONTAMINANT LOADS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; IMPACT DETECTION; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MONITORING TOOLS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL VARIATION; SPATIAL SCALE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IMPURITIES; METALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTUARY; METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; METALS; OSTREIDAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84863393755     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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