Ecological consequences of the type of rock used in the construction of artificial boulder-fields

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Green, D S ^a,b   Chapman, M G ^b   Blockley, D J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Barnacles; Biodiversity; Coastal defence; Recruitment; Rock type

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; AUSTRALIA; BARNACLES; COASTAL DEFENCE; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; RECRUITMENT; ROCK-TYPE; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

ALGAE; BASALT; BIODIVERSITY; SANDSTONE; SURGE PROTECTION;

ROCKS;

ALGA; BASALT; BIODIVERSITY; BOULDER; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PILE; QUARRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REVETMENT; SANDSTONE; SEA WALL; SESSILE SPECIES; STORM SURGE; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

ALGAE; THORACICA;

EID: 84864038717     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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