Use of x-ray images and a contrasting agent to study the behavior of animals in soft sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1823-1828

  Charbonneau, Patrick ^a   Hare, Landis ^a   Carignan, Richard ^a,b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; X-RAY ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMALIA; CREEDIIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0142051902     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1823     Document Type: Article

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