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    Uncertainty analysis along the ecological quality status of water bodies: The response of the Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI) in three Mediterranean regions

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    Mascaró, O.
    Bennett, Scott
    Marbà, N.
    Nikolic, V.
    Romero, J.
    Duarte, C.
    Alcoverro, T.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Mascaró, O. and Bennett, S. and Marbà, N. and Nikolic, V. and Romero, J. and Duarte, C. and Alcoverro, T. 2012. Uncertainty analysis along the ecological quality status of water bodies: The response of the Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI) in three Mediterranean regions. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64 (5): pp. 926-931.
    Source Title
    Marine Pollution Bulletin
    DOI
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.007
    ISSN
    0025-326X
    School
    Department of Environment and Agriculture
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51932
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Uncertainty analyses allow the identification and quantification of the factors that contribute to the potential misclassification of the ecological status of water bodies, helping to improve the sampling design used in monitoring. Here we used a Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI) bio-monitoring dataset covering a total of 81 sites distributed throughout 28 water bodies from the coast of Catalonia, Balearic Islands and Croatia to determine the levels of uncertainty associated with each region and how they change according to the quality status of water bodies. Overall, variability among sites (meadows) within water bodies was the factor that generated the greatest risk of misclassification among the three regions, within which the Balearic Islands had the lowest uncertainty, followed by Croatia and Catalonia. When water bodies classified in good/high quality were separated from those in moderate/poor status classes, we found that the latter displayed higher levels of uncertainty than the former. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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