Relationship between anthropogenic sewage discharge, marsh structure and bird assemblages in an SW Atlantic saltmarsh

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Cardoni, D A ^a   Isacch, J P ^a   Fanjul, M E ^a   Escapa, M ^a   Iribarne, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bah a Blanca estuary; Coast; Eutrophication; Saltmarsh bird; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; COAST; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL HABITATS; COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER MARSHES; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; MAIN EFFECT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT LOADING; ORGANIC MATTER; SALT MARSH SYSTEMS; SALT MARSHES; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; SEWAGE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALTMARSH; SEWAGE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SALT MARSH; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WETLANDS;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

AVES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 79251593831     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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