Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-154) / xvii, 171 leaves ; ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Aims to determine the effects of an outfall discharging secondarily treated wastewater effluent on benthic communities at Christies Beach with the specific objectives of: characterising the physical, biological and chemical environment of Gulf St Vincent and the study area region; ascertaining the extent to which effluent outfall has affected the macrobenthic infaunal community structure; characterising the structure of macrobenthic infaunal communities in the near shore water of the Adelaide metropolitan coast; and, determining the functional response through measurements of sediment community respiration to these changes. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Biology, 2001
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/262915 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Loo, Maylene G. K. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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