Effects of beach replenishment on intertidal invertebrates: A 15-month, eight beach study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 175, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-33

  Wooldridge, Tyler ^a   Henter, Heather J ^a   Kohn, Joshua R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Beach replenishment; Community recovery; Impact assessment; Intertidal invertebrates; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEACH; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLYCHAETE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECOVERY PLAN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDY METHOD;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ALBUNEIDAE; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DONAX GOULDII; EMERITA ANALOGA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS; TALITRIDAE;

EID: 84962718188     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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