Long-term effects of a toxic algal bloom on subtidal soft-sediment macroinvertebrate communities in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-604

  Kröger, Kerstin ^a,b   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^b   Wear, Robert G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

benthic community; community ecology; disturbance; New Zealand; recolonisation; soft substrate; Wellington Harbour

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WELLINGTON HARBOUR;

ALGAE; KARENIA BREVISULCATA;

EID: 33748274911     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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