Salinity, floods and the infaunal macrobenthic community of the st lucia estuary, kwazulu-natal, south africa

Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-30

  Owen, R K ^a   Forbes, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Floods; Hypersalinity; Infaunal benthic community; KwaZulu Natal; Macrobenthos; Mouth closure; Salinity; St Lucia estuary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010921462     PISSN: 10183469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10183469.1997.9631385     Document Type: Article

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