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Filtering by: Committee Member DeWitt, Ted Subject Estuarine sediments -- Oregon -- Yaquina Bay

A seasonal study of sediment reworking by Neotrypaea californiensis in Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Creator:

Fritz, Cara E.

Abstract:

A year-long field study was undertaken to investigate the influence of a number of physical and biological factors, specifically temperature, organic carbon content, and shrimp population dynamics on sediment reworking rates by the ghost shrimp Neotrypaea calforniensis. Because of its role as a structuring agent in estuaries along the West...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis