Patterns and Rates of Recovery of Macrobenthic Communities in a Polyhaline Temperate Estuary Following Sediment Disturbance: Effects of Disturbance Severity and Potential Importance of Non-local Processes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1300-1313

  Schaffner, Linda C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Disturbance; Dredged material disposal; Macrobenthos; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957676079     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9301-6     Document Type: Article

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