Significance of Atlantic sturgeon feeding excavations, Mary's Point, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-464

  Pearson, Nadine J ^a,b   Gingras, Murray K ^a   Armitage, Ian A ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEPOSITION; EXCAVATION; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; SILT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEREIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 35148878630     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-121r     Document Type: Article

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