Dominant macrobenthic populations experience sustained impacts from annual disposal of fine sediments on sandy beaches

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 508, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Manning, Lisa M ^a,c   Peterson, Charles H ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^b  

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

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Coastal erosion; Fine sediment disposal; Sandy beach; Sea level rise; Soft sediments; Surf fish; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; BENTHOS; COASTAL EROSION; CRAB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEDIMENT; STORM DAMAGE; TURBIDITY; WADER;

NORTH CAROLINA; TOPSAIL ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906085310     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10870     Document Type: Article

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