Geochemical ecosystem engineering by the mud shrimp upogebia pugettensis (Crustacea: Thalassinidae) in Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Density-dependent effects on organic matter remineralization and nutrient cycling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1911-1932

  D'Andrea, Anthony F ^a,c   DeWitt, Theodore H ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SHRIMP CULTURE; TIDAL FLAT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; YAQUINA BAY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDAE; UPOGEBIA PUGETTENSIS; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 70349975676     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.1911     Document Type: Article

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