Terrigenous clay deposition on estuarine sandflats: Using stable isotopes to determine the role of the mud crab, Helice Crassa dana, in the recovery process

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-131

  Gibbs, M ^a   Thrush, S ^a   Ellis, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Helice crassa; New Zealand; Sediment runoff impacts; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CARBON;

BIOTURBATION; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CLAY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

NEW ZEALAND;

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

EID: 0035160399     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010108033288     Document Type: Article

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