Human impacts in soft-sediment assemblages at Casey Station, East Antarctica: Spatial variation, taxonomic resolution and data transformation

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-304

  Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Riddle, Martin J ^a   Simpson, Rodney D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Environmental impact; Macrobenthic; Monitoring; Pollution; Sampling design; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA;

CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0037790549     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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