Macrobenthic invertebrate responses to prolonged drought in South Africa's largest estuarine lake complex

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-567

  MacKay, F ^a   Cyrus, D ^b   Russell, K L ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

benthos; droughts; ecological distribution; salinity; South Africa; St Lucia estuary complex

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT TYPE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MACROBENTHOS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74749108706     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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