Hazel R. Needham

Cumulative effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the health of an intertidal clam (Austrovenus stutchburyi)

Worldwide pressures arising from anthropogenic activities are causing the degradation of estuarine soft-sediment ecosystems. Among the most prominent stressors are sedimentation, nutrient enrichment and trace metal contamination, which often co-occur causing non-linear ecosystem...