Impact of Berm Breaching on Hyperbenthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Intermittently Closed Estuaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-168

  Lill, Adrian W T ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Schallenberg, Marc ^a   Savage, Candida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Berm breach; Disturbance; Estuary; Hyperbenthos; Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BERM; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUSHING; HABITAT LOSS; IMMIGRATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DECLINE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855248693     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9436-0     Document Type: Article

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