Multi-year persistence of beach habitat degradation from nourishment using coarse shelly sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 481-492

  Peterson, Charles H ^a,b   Bishop, Melanie J ^c   D'Anna, Linda M ^a,d   Johnson, Galen A ^a,e  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Beach nourishment; Ecological recovery; Impact assessment; Press response

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SHORE PROTECTION;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL RECOVERIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; HABITAT DEGRADATION; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CRAB; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; WADER;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; DONAX; EMERITA TALPOIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; NONHUMAN; NOURISHMENT; NUTRITION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SHOREBIRD; SUMMER;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRESS RESPONSE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84899820645     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.046     Document Type: Article

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