Impact of a pulse human disturbance experiment on macrofaunal assemblages on an Australian sandy beach

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6 A, 2011, Pages 184-192

  Walker, Simon J ^a,b   Schlacher, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Macrobenthos; Sandy shores; Temporal; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80755161476     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00138.1     Document Type: Article

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