Spatial and temporal variation in the structure of estuarine macroinvertebrate assemblages: Implications for assessing the health of estuaries

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 866-879

  Hirst, A J ^a   Kilpatrick, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Multivariate variance components; Salinity; Sediment; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 35148874169     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06219     Document Type: Article

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