Do physicochemical sediment variables and their soft sediment macrofauna differ among microsize coastal lagoons with forested and urbanised catchments?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 308-318

  Mikac, K M ^a   Maher, W A ^a   Jones, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; coastal lagoons; macrofaunal assemblages; physicochemical sediment composition; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ACHERON LAGOON; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BATEMANS BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTH HEAD LAGOON;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33847158449     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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