Changes in benthic assemblages near boardwalks in temperate urban mangrove forests

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-307

  Kelaher, B P ^a   Chapman, M G ^a   Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boardwalk; Environmental disturbance; Macrofauna; Mangroves; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE; FAUNA; FOREST; GASTROPOD; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; RECREATION; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIPODA; ASSIMINEA BUCCINOIDES; GASTROPODA; PARACALLIOPE AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0032531717     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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