Invasive ecosystem engineers and biotic indices: Giving a wrong impression of water quality improvement?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 292-299

  Zaiko, Anastasija ^a   Daunys, Darius ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioassessment; BQI; Curonian Lagoon; Dreissena polymorpha; Invasive species; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FISH; MOLLUSCS; WATER QUALITY;

BALTIC SEA; BIOASSESSMENT; BQI; CURONIAN LAGOON; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVASIVE SPECIES; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CURONIAN LAGOON;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84920698606     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.12.023     Document Type: Article

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