Resuspension of benthic protists at subtidal coastal sites with differing sediment composition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 259, Issue , 2003, Pages 103-115

  Shimeta, Jeff ^a   Amos, Carl L ^b   Beaulieu, Stace E ^c   Katz, Stephanie L ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic flume; Buzzards Bay; Erosion threshold; Protists; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; PROTIST; RESUSPENSION;

BUZZARDS BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAVICULA DISTANS; OLIGOTRICHS; PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0141890925     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps259103     Document Type: Article

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