Does beach nourishment have long-term effects on intertidal macroinvertebrate species abundance?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-181

  Leewis, Lies ^a   van Bodegom, Peter M ^a   Rozema, Jelte ^a   Janssen, Gerard M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Intertidal environment; Macroinvertebrates; Recovery; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AMPHIPODA; BATHYPOREIA SARSI; EURYDICE PULCHRA; HAUSTORIUS ARENARIUS; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS SQUAMATA; SPIONIDA;

EID: 84867916920     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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