Testing the effects of nutrient additions on mudflat macroinfaunal assemblages in the presence and absence of shorebird predators

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 859-874

  Morris, Liz ^a,b   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Eutrophication; Infauna; Port Phillip Bay; Sewage treatment works; Soft sediments; Top down versus bottom up

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; MUDFLAT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREDATION; WADER;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0346398516     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF02157     Document Type: Article

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