Disturbance of sandflats by thin terrigenous sediment deposits: Consequences for primary production and nutrient cycling

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 416-426

  Rodil, Iván F ^a,b   Lohrer, Andrew M ^a   Chiaroni, Luca D ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Disturbance; Ecosystem function; Functional groups; Intertidal sandflats; New Zealand; Nutrient flux; Terrigenous sediment deposition; Whangapoua Harbour

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNITUDE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POREWATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL EROSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WHANGAPOUA HARBOUR;

EID: 79955543500     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1845.1     Document Type: Article

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