Responses of subtidal benthos of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada to ambient sediment conditions and natural and anthropogenic depositions

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Burd, B J ^a   Macdonald, R W ^b   Johannessen, S C ^b   van Roodselaar, A ^c  

^a Ecostat Research Ltd   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Metro Vancouver   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infaunal biomass; Marine benthos; Sedimentation; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; BIOTIC FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FLUX RATES; FRASER RIVER; GEORGIA; HIGH ORGANIC; LOW FLUX; MARINE BENTHOS; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORGANIC DEPOSITION; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION CHARACTERISTIC; SUBSTRATE TYPES; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

BIOMASS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

EID: 61549117196     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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