Sediment disturbance associated with trampling by humans alters species assemblages on a rocky intertidal seashore

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 472, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-140

  Minchinton, Todd E ^a   Fels, Katie J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Grazing gastropod; Hormosira; Human impacts; Intertidal macroalgae; Marine invertebrate; Mussel bed; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GASTROPOD; GEOACCUMULATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ROCKY SHORE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; TRAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA;

BEMBICIUM NANUM; GASTROPODA; HORMOSIRA; INVERTEBRATA; NERITA ATRAMENTOSA; THORACICA;

EID: 84872706075     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10120     Document Type: Article

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