Managerial decisions as experiments: An opportunity to determine the ecological impact of boat-generated waves on macrobenthic infauna

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 613-622

  Bishop, M J ^a,b   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Australia; boating; ecological impact; infauna; management; waves

Indexed keywords

BOATING; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; WAVE GENERATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WORLD;

CAPITELLIDA; CAPITELLIDAE; NEREIDIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 8844274849     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.06.023     Document Type: Article

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