Effect of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) on the benthic community of a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-284

  Botto, Florencia ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioturbation; Burrowing crabs; Chasmagnathus granulata; Community; Mudflats

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BURROWING ORGANISM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LAGOON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTENT;

ARGENTINA;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA; HETEROMASTUS SIMILIS; LAEONEREIS ACUTA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033578461     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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