The burrowing crab Neohelice granulata affects the root strategies of the cordgrass Spartina densiflora in SW Atlantic salt marshes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Daleo, Pedro ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Burrowing crabs; Plant growth; Positive interactions; Salt marshes

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; SOIL PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPARTINA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 64849113804     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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