Changes in epifaunal assemblages in response to marina operations and boating activities

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-199

  Turner, S J ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Wilkinson, M R ^a   Williamson, R B ^a   Lee, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEISURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SPONGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; HYDROZOA;

BOATING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIFAUNA; HUMAN IMPACT; MARINA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030621405     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(96)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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