Ecological importance of passive deposition of organic matter into burrows of the SW Atlantic crab Chasmagnathus granulatus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-210

  Botto, Florencia ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b   Gutierrez, Jorge ^a,b   Bava, José ^b,c   Gagliardini, Antonio ^b,c   Valiela, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Chasmagnathus granulatus; Detritus dynamics; Spartina marsh

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRAB; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPARTINA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 33744475358     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps312201     Document Type: Article

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