Effects of turbation of the Japanese common lancelet Branchiostoma japonicum (Cephalochordata) on sediment condition: Laboratory observation

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Ueda, Hiroshi ^a   Sakaki, Kanako ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Branchiostoma japonicum; Lancelet; Sandbank; Sediment condition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CEPHALOCHORDATA;

EID: 34948828979     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.2.155     Document Type: Article

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