Impact of kelp cultivation on the Ecological Status of benthic habitats and Zostera marina seagrass biomass

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 19-27

  Walls, A M ^a   Kennedy, R ^a   Edwards, M D ^a   Johnson, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Ecological Status assessment; Infaunal Quality Index (IQI); Kelp cultivation; Macrobenthic community composition; Zoster marina biomass

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINAS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; HABITATS DIRECTIVES; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; QUALITY INDICES; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; KELP FOREST; SEAGRASS;

AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT; INFAUNAL QUALITY INDEX; IRELAND; KELP; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WINTER; ZOSTERA MARINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ZOSTERACEAE;

EUROPE;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; KELP; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 85025476477     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.048     Document Type: Review

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