The structure and functioning of the benthic macrofauna of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, with predicted effects of a tidal barrage

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Warwick, R M ^a   Somerfield, P J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bristol Channel; Macrobenthos; Severn Estuary; Tidal barrage; Trophic composition

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; BRISTOL CHANNEL; MACROBENTHOS; SEVERN ESTUARY; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME-SCALES;

BIODIVERSITY; ESTUARIES;

DAMS;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; OCEAN TIDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; TIDAL POWER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76849086212     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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