Are the eulittoral invertebrate assemblages suitable in detecting the effects of sewage discharges in atlantic and mediterranean coastal areas?

Coastal areas are under high human pressure, being affected by several sources of impacts, such as sewage effluents. Eulittoral assemblages of intertidal rocky shores are often exposed to sewage discharges. Such assemblages are accessible to sample, and their dominant species are easy to identify an...

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Main Authors: Joana Cabral-Oliveira, Stanislao Bevilacqua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00084/full