Burial survival of benthic macrofauna following deposition of simulated dredged material

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 13-27

  Bolam, Stefan George ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dredged material; Environmental impact; SE England; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; BENTHOS; COASTAL REGIONS; DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL; DREDGED MATERIALS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATES; ORGANIC CONTENT; SAND CONTENT; SEDIMENT BURIAL; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DREDGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DREDGING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OVERBURDEN; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; DREDGING; GASTROPOD; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIGRATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII; SURVIVAL; THARYX; TUBIFICOIDES BENEDII; WORM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII; THARYX;

EID: 80054722800     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1809-5     Document Type: Article

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