Ecological evaluation of an experimental beneficial use scheme for dredged sediment disposal in shallow tidal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-108

  van der Wal, Daphne ^a   Forster, Rodney M ^a,c   Rossi, Francesca ^a,d   Hummel, Herman ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^a   Roose, Frederik ^b   Herman, Peter M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Mobility and Public Works   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Beneficial use; Disposal; Macrofauna; Sediments; Sustainable dredging; Westerschelde

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL USE; DISPOSAL; MACROFAUNA; SUSTAINABLE DREDGING; WESTERSCHELDE;

ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DREDGING;

DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAUNA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SHALLOW WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDE; TREND STUDY; WATER STRUCTURE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; SEAWATER;

WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 78751626190     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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