Guidelines and application criteria of the AZTI biotic marine index (AMBI) and Multivariate -AMBI (M-AMBI) in the shallow marine environments from the central and southern Peruvian coast
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AMBI, M-AMBI, Macrobenthos, Soft-bottom habitats, Central and southern Peruvian coastAbstract
Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and its multivariate version M-AMBI are tools developed to assess the health condition of coastal marine ecosystems using information from soft-bottom macrobenthos. Along five chapters, it is presented a description of the AMBI (Chapter 1), considerations for the calibration (Chapter 2), step-bystep instructions to estimate (Chapter 3) and interpret (Chapter 4) the AMBI and M-AMBI at central and south coast of Peru, and suggestions for the correct application and interpretation (Chapter 5).
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