Effects of the closure of a major sewage outfall on sublittoral, soft sediment benthic communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-658

  Smith, Julie ^a   Shackley, Susan E ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Recovery model; Seawater quality; Sewage outfall; Swansea Bay

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; IMPURITIES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BENTHOS; RECOVERY MODELS; SEAWATER QUALITY; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SWANSEA BAY;

SEWAGE;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEAWATER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE OUTFALL; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMNETIC ZONE; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWER OUTFALL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SWANSEA BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33744900905     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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