Does the Port 2000 harbour construction have an effect on the Seine estuary suprabenthic community?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-50

  Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a   Alizier, Sandrine ^a   Vallet, Carole ^a,b,c   Ruellet, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

anthropogenic impact; assemblage dynamics; Le Havre Port 2000; mysids; salinity changes; suprabenthos

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; CURRENT VELOCITY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HARBOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IRISH SEA; NORTH CHANNEL [IRISH SEA]; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

MYSIDA;

EID: 72149121102     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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