Effects of human trampling on tidalflat infauna

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-311

  Chandrasekara, W U ^a   Frid, C L J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN IMPACT; MANAGEMENT; RECREATION; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS; TRAMPLING;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, LINDISFARNE;

EID: 0030429297     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199612)6:4<299::AID-AQC200>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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