Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: An assessment using time-series data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1414-1420

  Whomersley, Paul ^a   Ware, Suzanne ^a   Rees, Hubert L ^a   Mason, Claire ^a   Bolam, Thi ^a   Huxham, Mark ^b   Bates, Helen ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Dredged material disposal; Macrofauna; Time series data

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; DREDGE SPOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FAUNA; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME SERIES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 53849115712     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn125     Document Type: Article

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