Marine debris impacts to a tidal fringing-marsh in North Carolina

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2605-2610

  Uhrin, Amy V ^a   Schellinger, Jennifer ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab pots; Marine debris; North Carolina; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Vehicle tires

Indexed keywords

CRAB POTS; MARINE DEBRIS; NORTH CAROLINA; SALT MARSH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VEHICLE TIRES;

ECOSYSTEMS; RECOVERY; SALT REMOVAL; SHELLFISH; TIRES; WETLANDS;

DEBRIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE POLLUTION; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL WASTE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT HEIGHT; POACEAE; SALT MARSH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WOOD DEBRIS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH CAROLINA; POACEAE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 81855202014     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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