Macrobenthic community responses to long-term environmental change in an east Australian sub-tropical estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 315-331

  Currie, David R ^a,b,c   Small, Kirsty J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Infauna; Natural disturbance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MACROBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 14644423255     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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