Effects of trace metals on infaunal species composition in polluted intertidal and subtidal marine sediments near a lead smelter, Spencer Gulf, South Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 123-135

  Ward, Trevor J ^a   Hutchings, Patricia A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Infauna; Metals; Monitoring; Smelter; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CRUSTACEA; GLYCERA AMERICANA; HALOPHILA; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA; TANAIS DULONGII; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0029787530     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135123     Document Type: Article

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