Nutrient and Freshwater Inputs From Sewage Effluent Discharge Alter Benthic Algal and Infaunal Communities in a Tidal Salt Marsh Creek.

Authors :: Twichell, Sarah
Sheldon, Sallie
Deegan, Linda
Garritt, Robert
Source :: Biological Bulletin. Oct2002, Vol. 203 Issue 2, p256. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Examines the algal standing stock and abundance of benthic invertebrates in Greenwood Creek and Club Head Creek in Massachusetts to address the impact of sewage effluent on benthic communities. Impact of sewage effluent input on nitrate levels; Difference between the benthic invertebrate populations in the creeks; Influence of sewage effluent on algal and benthic invertebrate communities.

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