The influence of burrowing thalassinid shrimps on the distribution of intertidal seagrasses in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-42

  Dumbauld, Brett R ^a   Wyllie Echeverria, Sandy ^b  

^a WA Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bioturbation; Seagrass; Seed germination; Thalassinid shrimps; Zostera japonica

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WILLAPA BAY;

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; JAPONICA; NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; OSTREIDAE; THALASSINIDAE; ZOSTERA JAPONICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0041739170     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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