Habitat dependence in the functional traits of Austrohelice crassa, a key bioturbating species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 414, Issue , 2010, Pages 179-193

  Needham, H R ^a,b   Pilditch, C A ^a   Lohrer, A M ^b   Thrush, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Austrohelice crassa; Bioturbation; Burrow permanency; Functional plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT USE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAND; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77957740285     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08726     Document Type: Article

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