Modelling bio-irrigation rates in the sediments of Port Phillip Bay

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 573-579

  Berelson, W M ^a   Townsend, T ^a   Heggie, D ^b   Ford, P ^c   Longmore, A ^d   Skyring, G ^e   Kilgore, T ^a   Nicholson, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

^e Skyring Environmental Enterprises   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; IRRIGATION; MODELING; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032775461     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98076     Document Type: Article

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