Impacts of dredged material disposal on a tropical soft-bottom benthic assemblage

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 270-280

  Cruz Motta, J J ^a,b   Collins, J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dredged material disposal; Dredging; Environmental impact; Multivariate analysis; Tropical Queensland

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DREDGED MATERIALS; MACROBENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGE SPOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DREDGING; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACROFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 1242296833     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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