Ecological quality assessment of transitional waters based on fish assemblages: the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI)

The assessment of water quality has changed markedly worldwide over the last years, especially in Europe due to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Fish was considered a key-element in this context and several fish-based multi-metric indices have been proposed. In this study, we pro...

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Main Author: Cabral, H.N. (author)
Other Authors: Fonseca, V.F. (author), Gamito, R. (author), Gonçalves, C.I. (author), Costa, J.L. (author), Erzini, K. (author), Gonçalves, J. (author), Martins, J. (author), Leite, L. (author), Andrade, J.P. (author), Ramos, S. (author), Bordalo, A. (author), Amorim, E. (author), Neto, J.N. (author), Marques, J.C. (author), Rebelo, J.E. (author), Silva, C. (author), Castro, N. (author), Almeida, Pedro R. (author), Domingos, I. (author), Gordo, L.S. (author), Costa, M.J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Water ecological quality
Fish assemblages
Multi-metric indices
Estuaries
Transitional waters
Water Framework Directive
Fish-based indices
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7107
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/7107

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