The contribution of crab burrow excavation to carbon availability in surficial salt-marsh sediments

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-658

  Gutiérrez, Jorge L ^a,b   Jones, Clive G ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^a   Findlay, Stuart E G ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^b   Ribeiro, Pablo D ^b   Bruschetti, C Martín ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Burrows; Carbon; Crab; Ecosystem engineer; Excavation; Export; Salt marsh; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRAB; ORGANIC CARBON; SALTMARSH; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33745102024     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0135-9     Document Type: Article

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