Disturbance and community structure: An experimental study of bioturbation in marine soft-bottom environments

Authors

G. A. Brenchley, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92717, U.S.A.

Abstract

Bioturbators alter the sediment surface in the following ways: by depositing sediment on the surface in the form of feces or in the process of tunnelling, and by transporting sediment about the surface while feeding or while burrowing….

Recommended Citation

Brenchley, G. A.. 1981. "Disturbance and community structure: An experimental study of bioturbation in marine soft-bottom environments." Journal of Marine Research 39, (4). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1569