Physical ecosystem engineers as agents of biogeochemical heterogeneity

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Gutiérrez, Jorge L ^a,b   Jones, Clive G ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Heterogeneity; Physical ecosystem engineering; Sediments; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644930259     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0227:PEEAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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