Cartography of littoral rocky-shore communities (CARLIT) as a tool for ecological quality assessment of coastal waters in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-93

  Nikolić, Vedran ^a   Žuljević, Ante ^a   Mangialajo, Luisa ^b   Antolić, Boris ^a   Kušpilić, Grozdan ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; CARLIT; Cystoseira; Ecological status; Macroalgae; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CARLIT; CYSTOSEIRA; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; MACRO-ALGAE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MAMMALS; MAPPING; MAPS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; CARTOGRAPHY; COASTAL WATER; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAND USE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OVERGRAZING; ROCKY SHORE; WATER QUALITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84878223180     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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