Buried alive: Effects of beach nourishment on the infauna of an erosive shore in the North Sea

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 125-145

  Menn, Iris ^a   Junghans, Claudia ^a   Reise, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Sandy shore; Shoreline erosion

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; BENTHIC INFAUNA; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

GERMANY; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SYLT;

COPEPODA; EURYDICE PULCHRA; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS SQUAMATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0042739628     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043089     Document Type: Article

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