Comparability of ecological quality boundaries in the Mediterranean basin using freshwater benthic invertebrates. Statistical options and implications

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 777-784

  Feio, M J ^a   Ferreira, J ^b   Buffagni, A ^c   Erba, S ^c   Dorflinger G ^d   Ferreol M ^e   Munne A ^f   Prat, N ^g   Tziortzis, I ^d   Urbanic G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Environment Agency (APA IP)   (Portugal)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Water Development Department Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment   (Cyprus)

^e UR MALY   (France)

^f Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Comparability; Intercalibration Exercise; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean streams; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOASSESSMENT; COMPARABILITY; INTERCALIBRATION; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

VEGETATION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDROLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

INVERTEBRATA;

BIOASSESSMENT; COMPARABILITY; INTERCALIBRATION EXERCISE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84896697206     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.085     Document Type: Article

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