Crab induced salt marsh regeneration after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Barth, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Oil pollution; Regeneration process

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NASIMA DOTILLIFORMIS;

EID: 34548822184     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980701512624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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