The contribution of the mud shrimp Callianassa subterranea (Decapoda: Thallassinidea) to sediment metabolism during oxygen deficiency in southern North Sea sediments

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Powilleit, Martin ^a   Graf, Gerhard ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

anoxia; C. subterranea; heat production; North Sea; sediment metabolism; Thallassinidea

Indexed keywords

CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA;

ANOXIA; BURROWING ORGANISMS; CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; DECAPOD; HEAT PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT METABOLISM; THALLASSINID;

NORTH SEA, GERMAN BIGHT;

EID: 0030302832     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90789-3     Document Type: Article

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