Effect of burrowing by the crab Helice crassa on chemistry of intertidal muddy sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2078-2086

  Williamson, R Bruce ^a   Wilcock, Robert J ^a   Wise, Bridget E ^a   Pickmere, Stuart E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Burrows; Chemical environment; Diagenesis; Sediment phases

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; MANGANESE;

BIOTURBATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRAB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HELICE CRASSA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0032779515     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2078:EOBBTC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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