The functional group approach to bioturbation: The effects of biodiffusers and gallery-diffusers of the Macoma balthica community on sediment oxygen uptake

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-88

  Michaud, Emma ^a,b   Desrosiers, Gaston ^a   Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^c   Sundby, Bjorn ^a,d   Stora, Georges ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic flux; Biovolume; Intertidal sediments; M. arenaria; Microcosms; N. virens

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA ARENARIA; NEREIS VIRENS;

EID: 27744506287     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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