Spatial variation of the intertidal sediments and macrozoo-benthic assemblages along Eighty-mile Beach, North-western Australia

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-291

  Honkoop, Pieter J C ^a   Pearson, Grant B ^b   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beach morphology; Grain size; Sediment; Spatial patterns; Zonation; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZONATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EIGHTY MILE BEACH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646396791     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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