Selective geochemistry of iron in mangrove soils in a semiarid tropical climate: Effects of the burrowing activity of the crabs Ucides cordatus and Uca maracoani

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-300

  Araujo Jr J M C ^a   Otero, X L ^b   Marques, A G B ^a   Nobrega G N ^a   Silva, J R F ^a   Ferreira, T O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOTURBATION; COASTAL AREA; CONTROL SITES; DOMINANT PATHWAYS; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; IRON SULFIDE; MANGROVE SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; OXIDIZING CAPACITY; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDOX POTENTIALS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; DEGRADATION; IRON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDOX REACTIONS; SHELLFISH;

SOILS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BURROWING; CRAB; DECOMPOSITION; IRON; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); UCA MARACOANI; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 84864368582     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-011-0268-5     Document Type: Article

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