Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6360410 Marine Pollution Bulletin 2012 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We studied five small estuaries with different levels of anthropogenic pressures. ► Benthic macroinvertebrates indices were used to differentiate ecological status. ► The correspondence of indices results to anthropogenic pressures was examined. ► The analysis of indices metrics was more informative than indices results. ► Indicators were unable to distinguish natural from anthropogenic perturbations.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Earth and Planetary Sciences Oceanography
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Ecological quality assessment of small estuaries from the Portuguese coast based on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages indices
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