Natural variability and reference conditions: Setting type-specific classification boundaries for lagoon macroinvertebrates in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 325-345

  Basset, Alberto ^a   Barbone, Enrico ^f   Borja, Angel ^b   Elliott, Michael ^e   Jona Lasinio, Giovanna ^c   Marques, João Carlos ^d   Mazik, Krysia ^e   Muxika, Iñigo ^b   Neto, João Magalhães ^d   Reizopoulou, Sofia ^g   Rosati, Ilaria ^a   Teixeira, Heliana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f ARPA Puglia Puglia Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^g HCMR   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean and Black Sea lagoons; Multimetric indices; Natural variability; Reference conditions; Typology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; LAGOON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TYPOLOGY;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84873749249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1273-z     Document Type: Article

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