Assessing benthic habitat ecological quality using four benthic indices in the coastal waters of Sanshandao, Laizhou Bay, China

Evaluation of the ecological quality status (EcoQs) of marine ecosystems is significant for environmental protection and management. In this study, the sensitivity/tolerance-based indices AMBI, M−AMBI and BENTIX and feeding evenness index jFD (feeding-based) were first used to assess the benthic eco...

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Main Authors: Jian-Yu Dong, Xin Sun, Yuyang Zhang, Qipeng Zhan, Xiumei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21006452