Effects of the intertidal burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on infaunal zonation patterns, tidal behavior, and risk of mortality

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-131

  Escapa, Mauricio ^a,b,c   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,c   Navarro, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; TIDAL CYCLE; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 2142771350     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803566     Document Type: Article

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