Effects of deposit-feeding bivalve (Macomona liliana) density on intertidal sediment stability

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-128

  Lelieveld, S D ^a   Pilditch, C A ^a   Green, M O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intertidal sandflat; Macomona liliana; Microbes; New Zealand; Sediment transport; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DEPOSIT FEEDER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BIVALVIA; DONACIDAE; MACOMONA LILIANA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 2542546628     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2004.9517223     Document Type: Article

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