Fine-scale environmental heterogeneities of tidal creeks affect distribution of crab burrows in a Chinese salt marsh

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1685-1692

  Wang, Jin qing ^a   Tang, Long ^a   Zhang, Xiao dong ^a   Wang, Cheng huan ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Jiang, Li fen ^a   Chen, Jia kuan ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Burrows; Crab; Microhabitats; Salt marshes; Sediment properties; Tidal creeks; Yangtze River Estuary

Indexed keywords

BURROWS; CRAB; MICROHABITATS; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; TIDAL CREEKS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; PH; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WETLANDS;

WATER CONTENT;

BURROW; CORRELATION; CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; SALTMARSH; SOIL WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 70449518167     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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