Persistent effects of physical disturbance on meiobenthos in mangrove sediments

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-355

  Dye, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Mangroves; Meiobenthos; New South Wales; Resilience; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS;

MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVES; MEIOBENTHOS; RESILIENCE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; PERSISTENCE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; ROOT SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PLANT ROOT; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AVICENNIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33845966355     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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