Assessing benthic ecological status of urban sandy beaches (Northeast Atlantic, Morocco) using M-AMBI

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 586-595

  Daief, Z ^a   Borja, A ^b   Joulami, L ^a   Azzi, M ^a   Fahde, A ^a   Bazairi, H ^c  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Ecological status; M AMBI; Morocco; Northeastern Atlantic; Urban sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; EUTROPHICATION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; M-AMBI; MOROCCO; NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC; SANDY BEACH;

COASTAL ZONES;

BEACH; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MOROCCO;

EID: 84906087387     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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