The impact of extreme flooding events and anthropogenic stressors on the macrobenthic communities' dynamics

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-565

  Cardoso, P G ^a   Raffaelli, D ^b   Lillebo A I ^a,c   Verdelhos, T ^a   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

climate change; eutrophication; extreme flood events; macrobenthos; multiple stressors; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; MACROBENTHOS; MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; POLYCHAETA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 37649020612     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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