Direct and indirect effects of repeated pollution events on marine hard-substrate assemblages

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1212-1228

  Johnston, Emma L ^a,b   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper; Disturbance; Frequency; Indirect effects; Marine invertebrate assemblage; Pollution events; Pulse and press; Pulse disturbance; Recruitment; Sessile invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SERPULIDAE; TUNICATA; UROCHORDATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036707159     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1212:DAIEOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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