Deposition and long-shore transport of dredge spoils to nourish beaches: Impacts on benthic infauna of an ebb-tidal delta

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 530-546

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a,b   Peterson, Charles H ^a   Summerson, Henry C ^a   Lenihan, Hunter S ^a,c   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^a,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Disturbance; Granulometry; Inlet; Macroinvertebrate; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DREDGE SPOIL; SEDIMENT;

BEAUFORT INLET; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA;

EID: 33646753882     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0136.1     Document Type: Article

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