Detecting anthropogenic disturbance in an environment with multiple gradients of physical disturbance, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 440, Issue , 2000, Pages 379-391

  Ellis, J I ^a   Schneider, D C ^b   Thrush, S F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Macrobenthic community; Organic enrichment; Physical disturbance; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MACROBENTHOS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034465191     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004172622751     Document Type: Article

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