Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition
Autor: | João Carlos Marques, Joana Patrício, João M. Neto, Rute Pinto, Alexandra Baeta, Brian D. Fath |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Biotic indices Index (economics) General Decision Sciences Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Index of biological integrity Ecological indicators Condition index Benthic communities 14. Life underwater Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Biotic index Ecology business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Environmental resource management Mondego estuary 6. Clean water Ecological indicator Water Framework Directive 13. Climate action Benthic zone Environmental science Ecosystem integrity Estuaries business |
Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
ISSN: | 1470-160X |
Popis: | 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 parameters, they share a common goal: to provide a useful tool that can be used in assessing the system's health and that could be applied in decision making. This paper focuses mainly on benthic community-based, biotic indices. We supply a general overview of several indices premises and assumptions as well as their main advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, an illustrative example is provided of a straightforward application of benthic index of biotic integrity and benthic condition index. As a reference, their performance is compared to the Portuguese-benthic assessment tool. Limitations of the tested indices are discussed in context of the Mondego estuary (Portugal) case study. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W87-4S38C07-1/1/8a495b1458d35c6ecf614eab10816ca3 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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