Effects of the dominant SW Atlantic intertidal burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on sediment chemistry and nutrient distribution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 177-190

  Fanjul, Eugenia ^a   Grela, María A ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Bioturbation; Chasmagnathus granulatus; Intertidal sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34547578450     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341177     Document Type: Article

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