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| Dreujou, Elliot; Desroy, Nicolas; Carrière, Julie; Tréau De Coeli, Lisa; Mckindsey, Christopher W.; Archambault, Philippe. |
| With the widespread influence of human activities on marine ecosystems, evaluation of ecological status provides valuable information for conservation initiatives and sustainable development. To this end, many environmental indicators have been developed worldwide and there is a growing need to evaluate their performance by calculating ecological status in a wide range of ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study calculated and contrasted sixteen indicators of ecological status from three methodological categories: abundance measures, diversity parameters and characteristic species. This selection was applied to coastal benthic ecosystems at Sept-Îles (Québec, Canada), an important industrial harbor area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Environmental indicators; Ecological status; Coastal benthos; Macrofauna; Gulf of St; Lawrence. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/82820.pdf |
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