An assessment of the potential impact of dredging activity on the Tamar Estuary over the last century: II. Ecological changes and potential drivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-108

  Widdows, J ^a   Bale, A J ^a   Brinsley, M D ^a   Somerfield, P ^a   Uncles, R J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Dredging; Ecological status; Fish; NAO index; River flow; Salt marsh; Tamar estuary

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DREDGING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECOLOGICAL STATUS; FISHES; NAO INDEXES; SALT MARSH; TAMAR ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUDFLAT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER;

AFRICA; EGYPT; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547574663     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0655-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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