Impacts of physical disturbance on the recovery of a macrofaunal community: A comparative analysis using traditional and novel approaches

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Wan Hussin, W M Rauhan ^a,c   Cooper, Keith M ^b   Froján, Christopher R S Barrio ^b   Defew, Emma C ^a   Paterson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Functional analysis; Macrofaunal communities; Marine aggregate dredging; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVE; ENGLAND; HIGH INTENSITY; MACROFAUNA; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITY; MACROFAUNAL RECOVERY; MARINE AGGREGATES; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; QUADRATIC ENTROPY; RECOVERY TIME;

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

RECOVERY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MACROAGGREGATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052575259     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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