Exploring the robustness of macrophyte-based classification methods to assess the ecological status of coastal and transitional ecosystems under the Water Framework Directive

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 279-291

  Mascaró, Oriol ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a   Dencheva, Kristina ^b   Díez, Isabel ^c   Gorostiaga, José M ^c   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^d   Balsby, Thorsten J S ^d   Marbà, Núria ^e   Muxika, Iñigo ^f   Neto, João M ^g   Nikolić, Vedran ^h   Orfanidis, Sotiris ⁱ   Pedersen, Are ^j   Pérez, Marta ^k   Romero, Javier ^k  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^f MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Assessment tools; Biological quality elements; Monitoring plans; Uncertainty; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROBIOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING;

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EID: 84873748278     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1426-0     Document Type: Article

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