Temporal changes in benthic communities of seagrass beds impacted by a tsunami in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Whanpetch, Napakhwan ^a   Nakaoka, Masahiro ^a,b   Mukai, Hiroshi ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^c   Nojima, Satoshi ^d   Kawai, Takashi ^d   Aryuthaka, Chittima ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

abundance; macrobenthic animals; multivariate analysis; physical disturbance; temporal change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEAGRASS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TSUNAMI;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77649232892     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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