Effects of dredged material disposal on benthic macrofauna near Itajaí Harbour (Santa Catarina, South Brazil)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1435-1443

  Vivan, Jorge Matheus ^a   Di Domenico, Maikon ^b   de Almeida, Tito Cesar Marques ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Disposal; Recovery; Shallow water; Subtropical region

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; COARSE FRACTIONS; COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DISPOSAL; DISPOSAL AREAS; DISPOSAL SITES; DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL; FAST RECOVERY; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; HIGH VARIABILITY; MACROFAUNA; MEAN VALUES; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; PERMANOVA; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHALLOW WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

DREDGES; DREDGING; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DREDGE SPOIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRAZIL; SANTA CATARINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949099824     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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