Marine Invertebrate Neoichnology

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-295

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Diversity; Ethology; Infauna; Physico chemical stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868628769     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53813-0.00010-1     Document Type: Chapter

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