Sedimentary environment influences the effect of an infaunal suspension feeding bivalve on estuarine ecosystem function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Hannah F E ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^a   Bruesewitz, Denise A ^a,c   Lohrer, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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

^c University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHAEOPIGMENT; PHOSPHATE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTROVENUS; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DENITRIFICATION; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; GRAIN; LIGHT; MUDDY SAND SITE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SANDY SITE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AUSTROVENUS; AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 80055050737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027065     Document Type: Article

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