Including biogeochemical factors and a temporal component in benthic habitat maps: Influences on infaunal diversity in a temperate embayment

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1432-1448

  Radke, Lynda C ^a   Huang, Zhi ^a   Przeslawski, Rachel ^a   Webster, Ian T ^b   McArthur, Matthew A ^a   Anderson, Tara J ^a   Siwabessy, P Justy ^a   Brooke, Brendan P ^a  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

benthic habitat mapping; beta diversity; macroalgal detritus; marine environmental management; polychaete mounds; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; HOMOGENEITY; POLYCHAETE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; JERVIS BAY;

EID: 82955205942     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11110     Document Type: Article

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