Sea-level rise, expected environmental changes, and responses of intertidal benthic macrofauna in the Humber estuary, UK

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-35

  Fujii, Toyonobu ^a,b   Raffaelli, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Biomass; Coastal squeeze; Environmental changes; Estuarine ecosystems; Humber estuary; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL FLAT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 57849161476     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07652     Document Type: Article

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