Macrofaunal recovery following the intertidal recharge of dredged material: A comparison of structural and functional approaches

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-29

  Bolam, S G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Sediment recharge; Structure; Traits

Indexed keywords

DREDGES; DREDGING; FUNCTIONS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; INTERTIDAL; MACROFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE APPROACH; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TRAITS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DREDGING; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEDIMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84897914223     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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