Implications of dredging induced changes in sediment particle size composition for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2087-2094

  Cooper, K M ^a   Curtis, M ^a   Wan Hussin, W M R ^b,c   Barrio Frojan C R S ^a   Defew, E C ^b   Nye, V ^a   Paterson, D M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biological impacts; Function; Marine aggregate extraction; Physical impacts; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; COLONISATION; GRAVEL CONTENT; MACROFAUNA; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITY; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYSICAL IMPACTS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FUNCTIONS; GRAVEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DREDGING;

AGGREGATE; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; MARINE AGGREGATE DREDGING; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 80053130312     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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