Periodic defaunation and recovery in a subtropical epibenthic community, in relation to organic pollution

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• organic pollution 100%
• harbor 69%
• benthos 38%
• gastropod 27%
• crab 27%
• summer 22%
• mortality 20%
• deposit feeder 17%
• pollution 17%
• trophic structure 16%
• winter 16%
• recolonization 15%
• station 14%
• species diversity 12%
• eutrophication 11%
• animal 8%
• oxygen 8%
• biomass 8%

Agriculture & Biology

• pollution 67%
• Portunus 53%
• Charybdis 51%
• summer 31%
• Gastropoda 30%
• crabs 30%
• Nassarius 25%
• winter 20%
• benthic organisms 20%
• eutrophication 18%
• community structure 14%
• species diversity 12%
• oxygen 11%
• China 10%
• biomass 9%
• animals 6%