Polychaete Richness and Abundance Enhanced in Anthropogenically Modified Estuaries Despite High Concentrations of Toxic Contaminants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Dafforn, Katherine A ^a,b   Kelaher, Brendan P ^c   Simpson, Stuart L ^d   Coleman, Melinda A ^e   Hutchings, Pat A ^f   Clark, Graeme F ^a,b   Knott, Nathan A ^e   Doblin, Martina A ^b,g   Johnston, Emma L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROSE BENGAL;

EID: 84884751991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077018     Document Type: Article

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