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SS.IMU.EstMu.CapTub
Explanation of sensitivity and recoverability
Physical Factors
| Substratum Loss (View Benchmark) |
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| Smothering (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in suspended sediment (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in suspended sediment (View Benchmark) |
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| Desiccation (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in emergence regime (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in emergence regime (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in water flow rate (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in water flow rate (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in temperature (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in temperature (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in turbidity (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in turbidity (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in wave exposure (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in wave exposure (View Benchmark) |
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| Noise (View Benchmark) |
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| Visual Presence (View Benchmark) |
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| Abrasion & physical disturbance (View Benchmark) |
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| Displacement (View Benchmark) |
Chemical Factors
| Synthetic compound contamination (View Benchmark) |
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| Heavy metal contamination (View Benchmark) |
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| Hydrocarbon contamination (View Benchmark) |
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| Radionuclide contamination (View Benchmark) |
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| Changes in nutrient levels (View Benchmark) |
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| Increase in salinity (View Benchmark) |
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| Decrease in salinity (View Benchmark) |
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| Changes in oxygenation (View Benchmark) |
Biological Factors
| Introduction of microbial pathogens/parasites (View Benchmark) |
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| Introduction of non-native species (View Benchmark) |
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| Extraction (View Benchmark) |
This review can be cited as follows:
Bilewitch, J. 2009. Capitella capitata and Tubificoides spp. in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sediment. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 21/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatbenchmarks.php?habitatid=32&code=1997>
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