Intra-annual variability in Hawaiian shallow-water, soft-bottom macrobenthic communities adjacent to a eutrophic estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-258

  Mccarthy, S A ^a   Laws, E A ^a   Estabrooks, W A ^b   Bailey Brock, J H ^b   Kay, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthos; Biomass; Freshwater runoff; Hawaii; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION; MACROBENTHOS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

HAWAII; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033851062     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0559     Document Type: Article

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