Accelerated erosion of saltmarshes infested by the non-native burrowing crustacean Sphaeroma quoianum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 129-136

  Davidson, Timothy M ^a   De Rivera, Catherine E ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Biological invasions; Bioturbation; Ecosystem engineering; Erosion; Saltmarshes; Sphaeroma quoianum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; COASTAL EROSION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOPOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH;

COOS BAY; OREGON; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; SPHAEROMA;

EID: 78650114698     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08836     Document Type: Article

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