Experiments on the survival of six brackish macro-invertebrates from the Baltic Sea after dredged spoil coverage and its implications for the field

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 441-451

  Powilleit, M ^a   Graf, G ^a   Kleine, J ^a   Riethmuller R ^b   Stockmann, K ^b   Wetzel, M A ^c   Koop, J H E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Burial; Dredged material disposal; Macrozoobenthos; Survival; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DREDGES; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; EXTRAPOLATION; LABORATORIES; MIXTURES; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TESTING;

BALTIC SEA; BURIAL; DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL; MACROZOOBENTHOS; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

SURFACES;

BIVALVE; COASTAL WATER; DREDGE SPOIL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; BYLGIDES SARSI; INVERTEBRATA; LAGIS KORENI; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 58249131684     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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