Benthic meiofauna community composition at polluted and non-polluted sites in New Zealand intertidal environments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1801-1812

  Hack, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Tremblay, Louis A ^c   Wratten, Steve D ^a   Lister, Alison ^a   Keesing, Vaughan ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b BOFFA MISKELL LTD   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Meiofauna; Physico chemical; Pollution; PRIMER statistical analysis; Shannon Weiner index of diversity; Taxa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NEW ZEALAND; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MEIOFAUNA; SHANNON-WEINER INDEX OF DIVERSITY; TAXA;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TAXONOMY;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BINDING SITE; COMMUNITY CARE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FORAMINIFER; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SHANNON WEINER INDEX; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TIDE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODA; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

NEMATODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 36148960520     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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