Sediment dynamics modulated by burrowing crab activities in contrasting SW Atlantic intertidal habitats

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Escapa, Mauricio ^a,b,d   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,c,d   Iribarne, Oscar ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bah a Blanca; bioturbation; mud flats; Neohelice granulata; saltmarshes; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; DEPOSITION; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WATER FLOW;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 55049091747     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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