Bioturbation rates in Bahía la Choya, Sonora, Mexico;Razones de bioturbación en Bahía la Choya, Sonora, México

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-46

  Lynn Myrick, J ^a,b   Flessa, Karl W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Brown and Root Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Callianassid shrimp; Elasmobranch rays; Sediment reworking

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SEDIMENTATION; BIOTURBATION; CALLIANASSID; ELASMOBRANCH; INTERTIDAL FLAT; NEARSHORE DEPOSITS; RAY; REWORKING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SHRIMP;

MEXICO, SONORA, BAHIA LA CHOYA;

EID: 0029774417     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v22i1.837     Document Type: Article

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