A field experimental study on recolonization and succession of subtidal macrobenthic community in sediment contaminated with industrial wastes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Lu, L ^a   Wu, R S S ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contamination; Industrial wastes; Macrobenthic community; Recolonization; Sediment; Succession

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC RECOVERY; GASTROPODS; RECOLONIZATION; SUBTIDAL MACROBENTHOS;

BIODIVERSITY;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROBENTHOS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECOLONIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GASTROPOD; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

GASTROPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33846617360     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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