N. Simboura et al., CHANGES IN BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ALONG AN ENVIRONMENTAL-POLLUTION GRADIENT, Marine pollution bulletin, 30(7), 1995, pp. 470-474
Seasonal sampling of the benthic fauna in the Saronikos Gulf was under
taken during 1989 along three transects with increasing distance from
the Great Collector outfall. The faunistic composition, descriptive me
asures and Cluster and Abundance/Biomass Comparison analyses were all
used to assess the different degrees of pollution around the study are
a. The results of the above univariate and multivariate analyses indic
ate that the area can be divided into three zones according to the deg
ree of pollution affecting the communities.