The role of burrows of the SW Atlantic intertidal crab Chasmagnathus granulata in trapping debris

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1057-1062

  Iribarne, Oscar ^a   Botto, Florencia ^a   Martinetto, Paulina ^a   Gutierrez, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioturbation; Entrainment; Estuaries; Intertidal crabs; Plastics

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

BURROW; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0033659749     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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