Setting limits for acceptable change in sediment particle size composition following marine aggregate dredging

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1667-1677

  Cooper, Keith M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Licence conditions; Macrofauna; Marine aggregate dredging; Seabed; Sediments

Indexed keywords

FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; IN-LINE; LICENCE CONDITIONS; MACROFAUNA; MARINE AGGREGATES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SEABED; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; STUDY SITES;

DREDGING; SEDIMENTS;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DREDGING; FAUNA; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAFLOOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE; GOVERNMENT; MARINE AGGREGATE DREDGING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864120586     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.031     Document Type: Article

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