Time-series measurements of macrobenthos abundance and sediment bioturbation intensity on a flood-dominated shelf

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-122

  Wheatcroft, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

BIOTURBATION INTENSITY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; RIVER SHELFS;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; EL NINO; FAUNA; FLOOD DEPOSIT; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA SHELF; EEL RIVER; EEL SHELF; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33748429014     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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