Effects of small rivers on chemical properties of sediment and diets for primary consumers in estuarine tidal flats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 13-24

  Sakamaki, Takashi ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estuary; Forest; Intertidal flat; Particulate organic matter; Ratio of carbon to nitrogen; River; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHLOROPHYLL; DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TIDAL FLAT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 46949105875     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07388     Document Type: Article

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