The influence of dry-season conditions on the bottom dwelling fauna of an east Australian sub-tropical estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 560, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 345-361

  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

Environmental gradient; Estuarine ecosystems; Macrobenthos; Soft sediment; Spatial patterns; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT SEDIMENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33645055074     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1258-2     Document Type: Article

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