Spatio-temporal variations in macrozoobenthic assemblage structures in a river-affected lagoon (Idoura Lagoon, Sendai Bay, Japan): Influences of freshwater inflow

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-179

  Kanaya, Gen ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^a   Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brackishwater environment; Community composition; Idoura Lagoon; Japan; Multivariate analysis; Pacific Ocean; Salinity gradients; Sediment properties; Sendai Bay; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER INPUT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MACROBENTHOS; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PADDY FIELD; POLYCHAETE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

HONSHU; IDOURA LAGOON; JAPAN; MIYAGI; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

ANIMALIA; HEDISTE; HETEROMASTUS SIMILIS; POLYCHAETA; PRIONOSPIO JAPONICA; PSEUDOPOLYDORA KEMPI;

EID: 79952070144     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.029     Document Type: Article

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