High levels of sediment contamination have little influence on estuarine beach fish communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  McKinley, Andrew C ^a   Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Taylor, Matthew D ^a   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; ESTUARY; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80054788008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026353     Document Type: Article

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