A review of subtidal benthic habitats and invertebrate biota of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Burd, B J ^a   Barnes, P A G ^b   Wright, C A ^c   Thomson, R E ^c  

^a Ecostat Research Ltd   (Canada)

^b Barnes Marine Research Ltd   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic influences; Benthos; British Columbia; Intertidal communities; Strait of Georgia; Subtidal communities

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT MONITORING; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BENTHIC BIOTA; BENTHIC HABITATS; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHOS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COASTAL OCEAN; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FOOD CHAIN; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GEORGIA; SEA FLOOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61549125728     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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