Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic

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Efficient ecological indices can reflect the differences between impacted and nonimpacted sites, leading to significant variations at the contamination spatial scale. Here, we evaluated the spatial-temporal variability of 3 ecological indices (AMBI, M-AMBI, and BENTIX) in response to the distinct le...

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Autores principales: Garaffo, G.V., Jaubet, M.L., Becherucci, M.E., Elías, R.
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AMBI
BENTIX
M-AMBI
Urban effluents
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0025326X_v115_n1-2_p233_Garaffo
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spelling todo:paper_0025326X_v115_n1-2_p233_Garaffo2023-10-03T14:36:01Z Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic Garaffo, G.V. Jaubet, M.L. Becherucci, M.E. Elías, R. AMBI BENTIX M-AMBI Urban effluents Efficient ecological indices can reflect the differences between impacted and nonimpacted sites, leading to significant variations at the contamination spatial scale. Here, we evaluated the spatial-temporal variability of 3 ecological indices (AMBI, M-AMBI, and BENTIX) in response to the distinct levels of sewage contamination. The indices were evaluated in two different ways: including Brachidontes rodriguezii (IBR) and excluding B. rodriguezii (EBR). The fact that mussel beds create a secondary infaunal habitat allows us to test these indices for soft bottoms in areas with rocky bottoms. The effectiveness and the level of agreement of these indices were increased when they were calculated with EBR. BENTIX and M-AMBI produced under- and overestimations of the ecological status of the studied sites. AMBI (EBR) seems to be better suited for environmental quality assessment in the study area. This index reduces the processing time of samples; thus, the AMBI (EBR) index could be used as a robust management tool for monitoring programs in areas with hard substrate. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0025326X_v115_n1-2_p233_Garaffo
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topic AMBI
BENTIX
M-AMBI
Urban effluents
spellingShingle AMBI
BENTIX
M-AMBI
Urban effluents
Garaffo, G.V.
Jaubet, M.L.
Becherucci, M.E.
Elías, R.
Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
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BENTIX
M-AMBI
Urban effluents
description Efficient ecological indices can reflect the differences between impacted and nonimpacted sites, leading to significant variations at the contamination spatial scale. Here, we evaluated the spatial-temporal variability of 3 ecological indices (AMBI, M-AMBI, and BENTIX) in response to the distinct levels of sewage contamination. The indices were evaluated in two different ways: including Brachidontes rodriguezii (IBR) and excluding B. rodriguezii (EBR). The fact that mussel beds create a secondary infaunal habitat allows us to test these indices for soft bottoms in areas with rocky bottoms. The effectiveness and the level of agreement of these indices were increased when they were calculated with EBR. BENTIX and M-AMBI produced under- and overestimations of the ecological status of the studied sites. AMBI (EBR) seems to be better suited for environmental quality assessment in the study area. This index reduces the processing time of samples; thus, the AMBI (EBR) index could be used as a robust management tool for monitoring programs in areas with hard substrate. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
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author Garaffo, G.V.
Jaubet, M.L.
Becherucci, M.E.
Elías, R.
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Jaubet, M.L.
Becherucci, M.E.
Elías, R.
author_sort Garaffo, G.V.
title Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
title_short Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
title_full Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
title_fullStr Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed Assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: The case of the largest seaside resort of SW Atlantic
title_sort assessing environmental health using ecological indices for soft bottom in sewage-affected rocky shores: the case of the largest seaside resort of sw atlantic
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0025326X_v115_n1-2_p233_Garaffo
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