Bio-indicators and the quality of the Wadden Sea

✍ Scribed by P. Wolf

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 586 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-6369
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00396230

✦ Synopsis

The definitions of the notions 'bio-indicator' and 'water quality' are critically reviewed; it is shown that both have been used ambiguously.

The quality of the Wadden Sea is discussed using a number of indicators for pollution effects; the Wadden Sea is now an unsuitable environment for a number of marine mammals, and, to a lesser extent, for some bird species. It cannot be shown whether or not this pollution has any effect on r-selective species.