Effects of bioadvection by Arenicola marina on microphytobenthos in permeable sediments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Chennu, Arjun ^a   Volkenborn, Nils ^b,c   De Beer, Dirk ^a   Wethey, David S ^b   Woodin, Sarah A ^b   Polerecky, Lubos ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARENICOLA MARINA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD STUDY; GRAZING; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIMULATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; WATER TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHAETA; WATER;

EID: 84941911727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134236     Document Type: Article

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