Can storms and shore armouring exert additive effectson sandy-beach habitats and biota?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 951-962

  Lucrezi, Serena ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Robinson, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; erosion; ghost crabs; Ocypode; recovery; sandy shores; storm impacts

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EROSION; MACROBENTHOS; SEA WALL; STORM DAMAGE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 77957193620     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09259     Document Type: Article

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