Exposure of seawalls to waves within an urban estuary: Effects on intertidal assemblages

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-183

  Blockley, D J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alga; Grazer; Seawall; Sessile filter feeder; Urbanized estuary; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIVALVE; BOATING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; OCEAN WAVE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA WALL; SESSILE SPECIES; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORT; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA; SIPHONARIA DENTICULATA;

EID: 40149096814     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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