Individual and combined effects of heavy metals on estuarine infaunal communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 402, Issue , 2010, Pages 123-136

  Fukunaga, Atsuko ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Webster Brown, Jenny G ^a   Ford, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community structure; Estuary; Heavy metal; Infauna; Manipulative experiment; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OREWA ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; MACOMONA LILIANA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77954122213     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08457     Document Type: Article

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