Sediment macrobenthos of upper Otago Harbour, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-480

  Grove, Simon L ^a   Probert, P Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chromium; Contaminants; Macrobenthos; New Zealand; Otago Harbour; Sediments

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HARBOR; MACROBENTHOS; SEDIMENT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO HARBOUR;

ALGAE;

EID: 0032714609     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516892     Document Type: Article

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