Responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to thin-layer disposal of dredged material in Mississippi Sound, USA

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Wilber, Dara H ^a   Clarke, Douglas G ^b   Rees, Susan I ^c  

^a Bowhead Information Technology Services   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic recovery; Dredging impacts; Gulfport Harbor; Thin layer disposal

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

AMPHINOMID FIRE WORMS; GASTROPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATES; OPHIURIODEA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DREDGE SPOIL; DREDGING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHORDATA; COASTAL WATERS; DREDGING; GASTROPOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MISSISSIPPI; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS;

GULFPORT HARBOR; MISSISSIPPI SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHINOMIDAE; GASTROPODA; OPHIUROIDEA; OWENIIDAE;

EID: 33846240029     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.042     Document Type: Article

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