Artificial sampling units: A tool for increasing the sensitivity of tests for impact in soft sediments

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 203-220

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial substrate; Ecological impact assessment; Soft sediment; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL SAMPLING; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC CONTENT; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COLONIZATION; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONTAINER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24044463236     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-5311-4     Document Type: Article

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