Seagrass burial by dredged sediments: Benthic community alteration, secondary production loss, biotic index reaction and recovery possibility

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2340-2350

  Tu Do, V ^a   de Montaudouin, Xavier ^a   Blanchet, Hugues ^a   Lavesque, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Macrobenthos; Seagrass; Secondary production; Sediment disposal; WFD

Indexed keywords

MACRO BENTHOS; SEAGRASSES; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL; WFD;

DREDGING; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEAWEED;

CARBON;

DREDGING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROBENTHOS; MUDFLAT; RECOVERY; SEAGRASS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAUNA; FRANCE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; ZOSTERACEAE;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; FRANCE; GIRONDE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84868193811     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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