Conservation of natural wilderness values in the Port Davey marine and estuarine protected area, South-Western Tasmania

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-311

  Edgar, Graham J ^a,b   Last, Peter R ^c   Barrett, Neville S ^b   Gowlett Holmes, Karen ^c   Driessen, Michael ^d   Mooney, Peter ^e  

^a Aquenal Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Climate change; Diver impacts; Fishes; Introduced marine pests; World heritage area

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BENTHOS; BIOPHYSICS; BOTTOM WATER; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; SURFACE LAYER; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

AUSTRALIA; BATHURST HARBOUR; PORT DAVEY; TASMANIA;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; PORIFERA;

EID: 77957230274     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1079     Document Type: Article

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