Lack of correlation between surface macrofauna, meiofauna, erosion threshold and biogeochemical properties of sediments within an intertidal mudflat and mangrove forest

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Tolhurst, T J ^a,b   Defew, E C ^c   Dye, A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical; Erosion threshold; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Mangrove; Meiofauna; Microphytobenthos; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DRIVING PATTERN; EROSION RATES; EROSION THRESHOLDS; MACROFAUNA; MANGROVE CANOPY; MANGROVE FOREST; MEASURED PROPERTIES; MEIOFAUNA; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MUDFLATS; ORGANIC MATTER; SMALL SCALE; SYDNEY HARBOUR; TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COLLOID; CRUSTACEAN; EROSION RATE; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MEIOFAUNA; MUDFLAT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE LAYER; URBAN REGION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

COPEPODA;

EID: 77954041136     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0311-y     Document Type: Article

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