Subtle and negligible effects of rainfall on estuarine infauna: Evidence from three years of event-driven sampling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 340, Issue , 2007, Pages 17-27

  Ford, Richard B ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^a   Kelly, Shane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental impacts; Macrofauna; Monitoring; New zealand; Soft sediment communities

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WARMING;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 34547151730     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps340017     Document Type: Article

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