Impacts of detrital enrichment on estuarine assemblages: Disentangling effects of frequency and intensity of disturbance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-36

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detrital enrichment; Frequency; Intensity; Macroinvertebrate; Zostera capricornii

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAGRASS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 34547584260     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341025     Document Type: Article

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