ROLE OF GEOENVIRONMENT IN THE CHANGES OF BENTHIC SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS CAUSED BY MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN A SANDY BEACH

Abstract

 There were changes in the cross-shore distributions of the peracarid crustaceans, associated with the storm-induced morphological changes. The changes in the cross-shore distributions were consistently and quantitatively accounted for by the variations in the developed suction, caused by event-induced morphologic changes in the beach profiles.