The impact of easily oxidized material (EOM) on the meiobenthos: Foraminifera abnormalities in shrimp ponds of New Caledonia; implications for environment and paleoenvironment survey

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 8-12, 2009, Pages 323-335

  Debenay, J P ^a   Della Patrona, L ^b   Herbland, A ^c   Goguenheim, H ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NONE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Deformations; Foraminifera; Organic matter; Shrimp ponds; SW Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATORS; IN-CORE; MEIOBENTHOS; NEW CALEDONIA; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN DEPLETION; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SHRIMP PONDS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AQUACULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ABNORMALITY; AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FORAMINIFERA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POND;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFER; MEIOBENTHOS; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEW CALEDONIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENAEIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 72049127527     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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