Seagrass Quality Index (SQI), a Water Framework Directive compliant tool for the assessment of transitional and coastal intertidal areas

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-137

  Neto, João M ^a   Barroso, Dimitri V ^a   Barría, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assessment uncertainty; Environmental quality; Response to pressure; Shoot density; Zostera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SHOOT DENSITY; ZOSTERA;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER CONSERVATION;

SEAWEED;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; COMPLIANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDEX METHOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS; TAXONOMY; TURBIDITY;

EID: 84875192207     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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