Terrestrial deposits on intertidal sandflats: Sediment characteristics as indicators of habitat suitability for recolonising macrofauna

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 39-54

  Cummings, Vonda ^a   Thrush, Simon ^a   Hewitt, Judi ^a   Norkko, Alf ^a,b   Pickmere, Stuart ^a  

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

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intertidal soft sediments; Macrofauna; Recolonisation; Sediment characteristics; Sedimentation; Terrestrial sediment deposits

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RECOLONIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TIDAL FLAT;

EID: 0038377876     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253039     Document Type: Article

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