Effect of wharves on intertidal assemblages on seawalls in Sydney Harbour, Australia

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-427

  Blockley, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Artificial habitats; Coastal structures; Grazing molluscs; Sessile invertebrates Shading; Sydney Harbour; Temperature; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESTUARIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORTS AND HARBORS;

ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; COASTAL STRUCTURES; GRAZING MOLLUSCS; SESSILE INVERTEBRATES SHADING; SYDNEY HARBOR;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SESSILE SPECIES; SHADE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; URBANIZATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33847150002     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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