Effects of sandy beach cusps on wrack accumulation, sediment characteristics and macrofaunal assemblages

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 733-744

  Duong, H L Stephanie ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actaecia pallida; Beach cast; Beach type; Cusp bay versus horn; Macroinvertebrates; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BAY; BEACH CUSP; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROALGA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAGRASS; SHELTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACTAECIA PALLIDA;

EID: 80052016103     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02212.x     Document Type: Article

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