Sediment properties and bacterial community in burrows of the ghost shrimp Pestarella tyrrhena (Decapoda: Thalassinidea)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-190

  Papaspyrou, Sokratis ^a   Gregersen, Trine ^b   Cox, Raymond P ^b   Thessalou Legaki, Maria ^a   Kristensen, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioturbation; Organic matter; PCR DGGE; Pestarella tyrrhena; Seagrass detritus

Indexed keywords

CALLIANASSA TYRRHENA; PESTARELLA TYRRHENA;

EID: 14844303567     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame038181     Document Type: Article

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