Impacts of seawater desalination on the giant Australian cuttlefish Sepia apama in the upper Spencer Gulf, South Australia

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Dupavillon, Jacqueline L ^a   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brine; Cuttlefish; Desalination; Sepia apama; South Australia; Spencer Gulf

Indexed keywords

BRINE DISCHARGES; CUTTLEFISH; DESALINATION PLANTS; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DATUM; MARINE SPECIES; MEAN WEIGHTS; POTENTIAL THREATS; SEA WATER DESALINATIONS; SEPIA APAMA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS; SPENCER GULF;

ATMOSPHERICS; BARIUM; CALCIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION;

ABUNDANCE; BRINE; CEPHALOPOD; DESALINATION; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTLEFISH; DESALINATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; HATCHLING; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEPIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZYGOTE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPENCER GULF;

SEPIA APAMA; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 67349094869     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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