Long-term changes in polychaete assemblages of Botany Bay (NSW, Australia) following a dredging event

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 997-1010

  Fraser, Ceridwen ^a,b   Hutchings, Pat ^b   Williamson, Jane ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botany Bay; Dredging; Impacts; Recovery; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BOTANY BAY; IMPACTS; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DREDGING; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DREDGING; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGING; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOTANY BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33748911284     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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