Changes in Irish Sea Benthos: Possible effects of 40 years of dredging

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 739-750

  Hill, A S ^a   Veale, L O ^a   Pennington, D ^a   Whyte, S G ^a   Brand, A R ^a   Hartnoll, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dredging impacts; Irish Sea

Indexed keywords

IRISH SEA;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DREDGING; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

IRISH SEA;

MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032783651     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0476     Document Type: Article

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