New frameworks for species surrogacy in monitoring highly variable coastal ecosystems: Applying the BestAgg approach to Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-218

  Bevilacqua, Stanislao ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a   Mistri, Michele ^b   Munari, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Indicators; Macro benthic invertebrates; Null models; Species surrogacy; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); STREAM FLOW;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; COASTAL LAGOONS; NULL MODEL; SPECIES SURROGACY; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCIES;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURROGATE METHOD; TAXONOMY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84919913006     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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