Direct and indirect effects of hypoxia on benthos in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, U.S.A.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-131

  Montagna, Paul A ^a   Ritter, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caging experiment; Dissolved oxygen; Gulf of Mexico; Infauna; Macrobenthos

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; PREDATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

CORPUS CHRISTI BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 32944477378     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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