The intra-annual variability of soft-bottom macrobenthos abundance patterns in the North Channel of the Seine estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-188

  Desroy, Nicolas ^a,b   Janson, Anne Laure ^a,c   Denis, Lionel ^a   Charrier, Gregory ^d   Lesourd, Sandric ^e   Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Abra alba community; Anthropogenic impacts; Bentho pelagic coupling; Port 2000; Sediment; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; HYDROLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ABRA ALBA COMMUNITY; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BENTHO-PELAGIC COUPLING; PORT 2000; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GASTROPOD; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROBENTHOS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABRA ALBA; DONAX VITTATUS; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEPHTYS CIRROSA; PECTINARIA KORENI; SPIO DECORATA;

EID: 34547575550     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0661-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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