Impacts of maintenance dredged material disposal on macrobenthic structure and secondary productivity

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2230-2245

  Bolam, S G ^a   Barry, J ^a   Bolam, T ^a   Mason, C ^a   Rumney, H S ^a   Thain, J E ^a   Law, R J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Contaminants; Dredged material; Monitoring; Secondary productivity; Southwest UK

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC IMPACT; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DISPOSAL AREAS; DISPOSAL SITES; DREDGED MATERIAL; DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ELEVATED LEVEL; GRANULOMETRIES; REGRESSION MODEL; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SOUTHWEST UK; UNIVARIATE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DREDGING; IMPURITIES; MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DREDGES;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASHORE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860420405     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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