Application of the CARLIT index along a biogeographical gradient in the Alboran Sea (European Coast)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-118

  Bermejo, Ricardo ^a   de la Fuente, Gina ^a   Vergara, Juan J ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Biological indicators; CARLIT index; Littoral communities; Macroalgae; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN SEA; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CARLIT INDEX; MACRO-ALGAE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDEX METHOD; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARLIT INDEX; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORALLINA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; CYSTOSEIRA ERICAEFOLIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOPHYLLUM BYSSOIDES; LITTORAL; MYTILUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84879879625     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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