The use of multiple biological traits in marine community ecology and its potential in ecological indicator development

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 81-96

  Beauchard, O ^a,b   Verissimo H ^c   Queiros A M ^d   Herman, P M J ^e  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Ecological indicators; Marine environment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE APPLICATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

ECOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85009944257     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.011     Document Type: Review

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