Trampling associated with bait-collection for sandprawns Callianassa kraussi Stebbing: Effects on the biota of an intertidal sandflat

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Wynberg, Rachel P ^a   Branch, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bait collection; Callianassa; Disturbance; Estuaries; Sandprawn; Trampling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BAIT COLLECTION; HUMAN IMPACT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS; TRAMPLING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE;

CALLIANASSA KRAUSSI; DECAPODA;

EID: 0030682175     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000209     Document Type: Article

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