The effects of a dredge excavation pit on benthic macrofauna in offshore Louisiana

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-583

  Palmer, Terence A ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a   Nairn, Robert B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b WF Baird & Associates Coastal Engineers   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic; Dredge; Gulf of Mexico; Louisiana; Macrofauna; Sand excavation

Indexed keywords

DREDGE EXCAVATION PIT; HURRICANES KATRINA; MACROFAUNA; SAND EXCAVATION; SURROUNDING CONDITIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DREDGES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXCAVATION STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLAY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; POLYCHAETA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; LOUISIANA; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MEDIOMASTUS AMBISETA; PARAPRIONOSPIO PINNATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 41549119394     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9063-5     Document Type: Article

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