
%0 Journal Article
%A Hacking, Nicole 
%T Macrofaunal community structure of beaches in northern New South Wales, Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1998/04/02
%V 49
%N 1
%P 47-53
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96130
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF96130 
%X Macrofaunal community composition of ten exposed sandy beaches in northern New South Wales, Australia, appeared to correlate with beach morphodynamic state even though the data represented sampling at only a single time. Better results were obtained by using the Beach State Index (BSI) rather than the dimensionless fall velocity (&OHgr;). Species number and abundance significantly increased as the BSI value increased, whereas biomass was not correlated with BSI. The New South Wales beaches had a higher species number and abundance relative to BSI than did beaches in a published review of beaches around the world. 
