Trophically-based assessment of the impacts of deepwater sewage disposal on a demersal fish community

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-183

  Otway, Nicholas M ^a   Sullings, Darryl J ^a   Lenehan, Norman W ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundances; Asymmetrical BACI; Diets; Environmental impact; Pollution

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TROPHICALLY- BASED ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY;

EID: 0029668923     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005219     Document Type: Article

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