Tracking environmental stress gradients using three biotic integrity indices: Advantages of a locally-developed traits-based approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 560-570

  Rodil, I F ^a,c   Lohrer, A M ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Townsend, M ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Carbines, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMBI; B IBI; Benthic communities; Biotic indices; Functional traits; TBI

Indexed keywords

AMBI; B-IBI; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOTIC INDEX; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; TBI;

HEAVY METALS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TRACKING;

AUCKLAND; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; NEA KESSANI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; XANTHI;

EID: 84880756132     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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