Impacts of a fuel oil spill on seagrass meadows in a subtropical port, Gladstone, Australia - The value of long-term marine habitat monitoring in high risk areas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Taylor, Helen A ^a   Rasheed, Michael A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heavy fuel oil; Intertidal habitat; Long term monitoring; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; AUSTRALIA; HABITAT MONITORING; HEAVY FUEL-OIL; HIGH-RISK AREAS; INTERTIDAL HABITATS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MITIGATING FACTOR; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEAGRASSES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIC EFFECT;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUEL OILS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS;

SEAWEED;

FUEL OIL;

BIOMASS; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; PORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PETROLEUM; POACEAE; SEAWATER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; GLADSTONE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79960368323     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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