A new technique for assessing tubificid burrowing activities, and recognition of biogenic grading formed by these oligochaetes

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-80

  Dafoe, Lynn T ^a   Rygh, Amanda L ^b   Yang, Byongcheon ^c   Gingras, Murray K ^b   Pemberton, S George ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Korea National Oil Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bioadvection; graded bed; Limnodrilus; Mermia ichnofacies; Tubifex

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BURROWING; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FILTER FEEDER; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRAIN SIZE; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; TUBE DWELLER;

ANNELIDA; LIMNODRILUS; MERMIA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 78650902020     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-023r     Document Type: Article

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