Bioturbation activity by the grapsid crab Helice formosensis and its effects on mangrove sedimentary organic matter

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 316-324

  Mchenga, Islam S S ^a   Mfilinge, Prosper L ^a   Tsuchiya, Makoto ^a  

^a Graduate School of Engineering and Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

bioturbation; fatty acid markers; Helice formosensis; organic matter; sediments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ACID; MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REDOX POTENTIAL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MANKO WETLAND; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HELICE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34247560180     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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