Effects of industrial outfalls on tropical macrobenthic sediment communities in Reunion Island (Southwest Indian Ocean)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 865-880

  Bigot, Lionel ^a   Conand, Chantal ^a   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^b   Frouin, Patrick ^a   Bruggemann, Henrich ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Indian Ocean; Industrial wastewater; Macrobenthic communities; Organic matter; Pollution; Reunion Island; Sediments; Temporal change; Tropical shores (non reef)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITIES; REUNION ISLAND; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TROPICAL SHORES (NON-REEF);

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REUNION; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 33748176965     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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