Impact of flood events on macrobenthic community structure on an intertidal flat developing in the Ohta River Estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 364-373

  Nishijima, Wataru ^a   Nakano, Yoichi ^b   Nakai, Satoshi ^a   Okuda, Tetsuji ^a   Imai, Tsuyoshi ^c   Okada, Mitsumasa ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UBE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estuary; Flood; Intertidal flat; Macrobenthic community; Opportunistic species; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DOMINANT SPECIES; IMPACT OF FLOODS; INTERTIDAL FLAT; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; OPPORTUNISTIC SPECIES; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SALINITY STRESS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

FLOODS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EROSION; ESTUARY; FLOOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CAPITELLA; CERATONEREIS ERYTHRAEENSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FLOODING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTERTIDAL ZONE; JAPAN; MACROBENTHOS; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SAND; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

CHUGOKU; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; OTA RIVER [HIROSHIMA];

BIVALVIA; CAPITELLA; CERATONEREIS; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84884164090     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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