Dredging impact on the benthic community of an unaltered inlet in southern Spain

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-39

  Sanchez Moyano J E ^a   Estacio, F J ^a   Garcia Adiego E M ^a   Garcia Gomez J C ^a  

^a Facultad de Biología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dredging impact; Macrobenthos; Sediment; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION;

ALGECIRAS BAY; ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GETARES INLET; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 12144290491     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0166-y     Document Type: Article

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