Effects of beach nourishment on sediments and benthic assemblages

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1197-1206

  Colosio, F ^a   Abbiati, M ^a   Airoldi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Benthic assemblages; Coastal erosion; North Adriatic Sea; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; COASTAL EROSION; NORTH ADRIATIC SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BEACH EROSION; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COASTAL WATERS; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GASTROPOD; MACROBENTHOS; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 34447644938     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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