Difficulties in separating hurricane induced effects from natural benthic succession: Hurricane Isabel, a case study from Eastern Virginia, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-386

  Hughes, C ^a,b   Richardson, C A ^a   Luckenbach, M ^b   Seed, R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic environment; ecological succession; ecosystem disturbance; hurricanes; USA; Virginia; Wachapreague Bay; zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE ISABEL 2003; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MUDFLAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; ZOOBENTHOS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CORYLUS AMERICANA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350605479     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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