Particle size selection and tube structure of the polychaete Owenia fusiformis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Noffke, A ^a,b   Hertweck, G ^a   Kroncke I ^a   Wehrmann, A ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioturbation; grain size; North Sea; particle composition; sedimentology; tube building

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; GRAIN SIZE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ECHINOIDA; FORAMINIFERA; OWENIA FUSIFORMIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 57749178173     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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