Effects of dredged sediment disposal on the coastal marine macrobenthic assemblage in southern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 413-420

  Angonesi, L G ^a   Bemvenuti, C E ^a   Gandra, M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Dredge; Environmental impact; Patos lagoon

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEAWATER;

EID: 33746281928     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842006000300005     Document Type: Article

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