Comparison of benthic invertebrate assemblages at Spartina alterniflora marshes reestablished after an oil spill and existing marshes in the Arthur Kill (NY/NJ)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1100-1108

  Vitaliano, Joseph J ^a   Reid, Robert N ^a   Frame, Ann B ^a   Packer, David B ^a   Arlen, Linda ^a   Sacco, John N ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthur Kill; Benthic invertebrates; Community structure; Oil spill; Salt marsh; Sediments; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; OIL SPILLS; SEED;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

OIL;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; OIL SPILL; SALTMARSH;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; GRASS; INVERTEBRATE; MANAYUNKIA AESTUARINA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLYCHAETA; SALT MARSH; SAMPLING; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PETROLEUM; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; MANAYUNKIA; MANAYUNKIA AESTUARINA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0036771994     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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