Macrofaunal recolonisation following the intertidal placement of fine-grained dredged material

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 499-510

  Bolam, Stefan George ^a   Barry, Jon ^a   Schratzberger, Michaela ^a   Whomersley, Paul ^a   Dearnaley, Mike ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beneficial use; Benthos; Dredge spoil; Mud flats; Recruitment; South East England

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BED-LEVEL; BENEFICIAL USE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DREDGED MATERIALS; EAST COAST; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; INTERTIDAL HABITATS; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITY; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; RECHARGE AREA; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; WAVE EXPOSURE;

DREDGES;

DREDGE SPOIL; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MUDFLAT; RECOLONIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ARTICLE; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROFAUNA; PREDICTION; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; INVERTEBRATES;

EID: 77955385289     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1130-3     Document Type: Article

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