Adjustment of benthic fauna following sediment disposal at a site with multiple stressors in Port Valdez, Alaska

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1590-1599

  Blanchard, Arny L ^a   Feder, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Organic enrichment; Port Valdez; Prince William Sound; Sediment disposal; Shallow benthos

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BENTHIC FAUNA; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGE SPOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIVALVE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PORT VALDEZ; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0344825133     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00325-4     Document Type: Article

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