Depth-related patterns in benthic community condition along an estuarine gradient in Chesapeake Bay, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-424

  Dauer, Daniel M ^a   Llansó, Roberto J ^b   Lane, Michael F ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VERSAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community condition; Chesapeake Bay; Shallow water benthos; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SEDIMENTATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; AQUATIC VEGETATION; BENTHIC COMMUNITY CONDITIONS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; SHALLOW WATER BENTHOS; WATER DEPTHS;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROBENTHOS; STRATIFICATION; WATER DEPTH;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; ELIZABETH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

EID: 39749102270     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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