The impact of encroachment and bankside development on the habitat complexity and supralittoral invertebrate communities of the Thames Estuary foreshore

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-247

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Bilton, David T ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Rundle, Simon D ^a   Thomas, R Myles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invertebrate; Supralittoral communities; Thames Estuary

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; HABITAT LOSS; INVERTEBRATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PERFORATELLA; PERFORATELLA RUBIGINOSA;

EID: 0032963682     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199903/04)9:2<237::AID-AQC344>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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