Robert W. Smith
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
12 Papers
260 Citations
Robert W. Smith is an academic researcher from Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. The author has contributed to research in topics: Benthic zone & Benthos. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
Relationship between depth, sediment, latitude, and the structure of benthic infaunal assemblages on the mainland shelf of southern California
Mary Bergen,Stephen B. Weisberg,Robert W. Smith,Donald B. Cadien,Ann Dalkey,David E. Montagne,Janet K. Stull,Ronald G. Velarde,J. Ananda Ranasinghe +8 more
TL;DR: Benthic abundance and diversity were greatest in the mid-depth assemblage, conforming to predictions for benthic assemblages in regions of upwelling.
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Long-term changes in the benthic community on the coastal shelf of Palos Verdes, Southern California
TL;DR: Between 1972 and 1982, both wastewater discharge and natural perturbations played important roles in directing marine benthic community structure on the Palos Verdes Shelf in Southern California, USA.
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Calibration and evaluation of five indicators of benthic community condition in two California bay and estuary habitats.
J. Ananda Ranasinghe,Stephen B. Weisberg,Robert W. Smith,David E. Montagne,Bruce Thompson,James M. Oakden,David D. Huff,Donald B. Cadien,Ronald G. Velarde,Kerry J. Ritter +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the BRI, BQI, Relative Benthic Index (RBI), River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification System (RIVPACS), and the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) were compared.
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Community — Environmental Relationships in the Benthos: Applications of Multivariate Analytical Techniques
Robert W. Smith,Brock B. Bernstein,Robert L. Cimberg +2 more
- 01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: Marine benthic organisms and communities have commonly been used as a focus of monitoring programs and of research into the effects of human activities in the marine environment as discussed by the authors, such as disposal of wastewater, sewage, sludge, and dredged materials.
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Evaluation of five indicators of benthic community condition in two california bay and estuary habitats
J. Ananda Ranasinghe,Stephen B. Weisberg,Robert W. Smith,David E. Montagne,Bruce Thompson,James M. Oakden,David D. Huff,Donald B. Cadien,Ronald G. Velarde,Kerry J. Ritter +9 more
- 01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: None of the individual indices performed as well as the average expert in ranking sample condition or evaluating whether benthic assemblages exhibited evidence of disturbance, However, performance differences among several combinations were small enough that factors such as logistics can also become a consideration in index selection.
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