Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

Recently there has been a growing interest and need for sound and robust ecological indices to evaluate ecosystem status and condition, mainly under the scope of the Water Framework Directive implementation. Although the conceptual basis for each index may rely on different assumptions and parameter...

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Main Author: Pinto, Rute (author)
Other Authors: Patrício, Joana (author), Baeta, Alexandra (author), Fath, Brian D. (author), Neto, João M. (author), Marques, João Carlos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Ecosystem integrity
Estuaries
Biotic indices
Benthic communities
Mondego estuary
Ecological indicators
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/5305
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/5305

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