Spatial and temporal scales for monitoring coastal aquatic ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Comín, Francisco A ^a   Menéndez, Margarita ^b   Herrera, Jorge A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Estuaries; Monitoring; Scales; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 9644303307     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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