Does dredging activity exert an influence on benthic macrofauna in tropical estuaries? Case study on the northern coast of Brazil

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of dredging activities on the structure of the macrobenthic community of a port complex in São Luís do Maranhão (2°S, Brazil). Sampling was performed on four occasions: pre-dredging, dredging 1 (25% of the material dredged), dredgin...

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Main Authors: Lorena K. S. Sousa, Marco V. J. Cutrim, Miodeli Nogueira Júnior, Verônica M. de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul 2023-05-01
Series:Iheringia: Série Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212023000100209&lng=en&tlng=en