Biological redistribution of lake sediments by tubificid oligochaetes: Branchiura sowerbyi and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri/Tubifex tubifex

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 205-219

  Matisoff, Gerald ^a   Wang, Xiaosong ^b   McCall, Peter L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Branchiura; Lake Erie; Limnodrilus; Oligochaete; Tubifex

Indexed keywords

LAKE ERIE;

BIOTURBATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIXING;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0032910790     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70729-X     Document Type: Article

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