The Consequences of Shoreline Development for Near-Shore Communities in Chesapeake Bay, USA: A Before-After Control-Impact Study
Hardened shorelines and their construction introduce stressors to a system by altering near-shore habitats. They can reduce biodiversity and abundance of benthic infauna and marsh-edge nekton and epifauna. In this study, I investigated the impacts of shoreline development on near-shore communities u...
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W&M ScholarWorks
2012
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617914 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3044&context=etd |