Mortalities caused by off-road vehicles (ORVs) to a key member of sandy beach assemblages, the surf clam Donax deltoides

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Thompson, Luke M C ^a   Walker, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Human impacts; Recreation; Sandy shores; Surf clams

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; BEACH FACE; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; BUSINESS MEDIA; DELTOIDES; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUMAN USE; IMPACT DATA; OFF-ROAD VEHICLES; SANDY BEACHES; SPRINGER (CO); TRAFFIC VOLUMES; VEHICLE IMPACTS; VEHICLE PASSES;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SANDY SOIL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BIVALVIA; DONAX DELTOIDES; INVERTEBRATA; MACTRIDAE; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 46749140201     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9426-9     Document Type: Article

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