Ecological consequences of dredged material disposal in the marine environment: A holistic assessment of activities around the England and Wales coastline

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-426

  Bolam, S G ^a   Rees, H L ^a   Somerfield, P ^b   Smith, R ^a   Clarke, K R ^b   Warwick, R M ^b   Atkins, M ^b   Garnacho, E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dredged material; England and Wales; Environmental assessment; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DREDGED MATERIALS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENGLAND AND WALES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

DREDGES;

COAST; COASTAL ZONE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WALES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646163473     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.028     Document Type: Article

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