The consequences of changes in abundance of Callianassa subterranea and Amphiura filiformis on sediment erosion at the Frisian Front (south-eastern North Sea)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 273-285

  Amaro, Teresa P F ^a   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^b   Bergman, Magda J N ^b   Witbaard, Rob ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphiura filiformis; Callianassa subterranea; Frisian Front; Resuspension; Sediment erosion; Suspension feeders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; MICROORGANISMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; FRISIAN FRONT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT EROSION; SUSPENSION FEEDERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTURBATION; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; ERODIBILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSITION ZONE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN FRONT; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 34547101932     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0750-2     Document Type: Article

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