Polychaete assemblages as indicators of habitat recovery in a temperate estuary under eutrophication

From 1980 to 2000, the Mondego estuary (Portugal) suffered dramatic changes due to eutrophication, leading to a decline in seagrass beds and changes in community structure, namely a decline in species richness and replacement of herbivores by detritivores. Because the conservation status of the estu...

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Main Author: Cardoso, P. G. (author)
Other Authors: Bankovic, M. (author), Raffaelli, D. (author), Pardal, M. A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/5334
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/5334