Sediment macroinvertebrate community functioning in impacted and newly-created tidal freshwater habitats

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-32

  Beauchard, Olivier ^a,b   Jacobs, Sander ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^b,c   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biological traits; Community composition; Ecological zonation; Restoration; Tidal freshwater habitats

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FLOODING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

BELGIUM; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 84875506939     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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