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Main Author: J. Lynn Myrick
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 1996
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48022102
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contents Razones de bioturbación en bahía la Choya, Sonora, México J. Lynn Myrick Karl W. Flessa Ciencias de la Tierra bioturbation elasmobranch rays sediment reworking callianassid shrimp environmentyielded information about the amount, nature and implications of sediment reworking in nearshoredeposits. Callianassid shrimp in Bahía La Choya, Sonora, Mexico, overturn the sediment in theinner flats at an average rate of 0.56 m’/m’/year. Elasmobranch rays overturn the sediment in themidflats at an average rate of 1 .Ol m’/m’/year. Resin castings indicate that the shrimp are capable ofburrowing to a depth of at least 1.15 m and, where present, can completely rework this interval inBahía La Choya in two years. The rays reach a maximum observed burrowing depth of 20 cm and,where present, can completely rework this interval in Bahía La Choya in 72 days. Reworking rates arehigh enough to preclude the preservation of most physical sedimentary structures under normal conditions.Only large-scale sedimentary structures or those buried deeply and rapidly are likely to escapereworking. Rates of biogenic sedimentation by callianassid shrimp are high enough to generate subsurfaceshell beds. Short-term biogenic sedimentation rates are higher than long-term rates, indicatingthat such intertidal sediments are not only thoroughly reworked, but are incomplete at time scales ofweeks to month 1996 artículo científico 0185-3880 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48022102 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=480 Ciencias Marinas application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Ciencias Marinas (México) Num.1 Vol.22
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publishDate 1996
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
spellingShingle Razones de bioturbación en bahía la Choya, Sonora, México
J. Lynn Myrick
Ciencias de la Tierra
bioturbation
elasmobranch rays
sediment reworking
callianassid shrimp
Razones de bioturbación en bahía la Choya, Sonora, México J. Lynn Myrick Karl W. Flessa Ciencias de la Tierra bioturbation elasmobranch rays sediment reworking callianassid shrimp environmentyielded information about the amount, nature and implications of sediment reworking in nearshoredeposits. Callianassid shrimp in Bahía La Choya, Sonora, Mexico, overturn the sediment in theinner flats at an average rate of 0.56 m’/m’/year. Elasmobranch rays overturn the sediment in themidflats at an average rate of 1 .Ol m’/m’/year. Resin castings indicate that the shrimp are capable ofburrowing to a depth of at least 1.15 m and, where present, can completely rework this interval inBahía La Choya in two years. The rays reach a maximum observed burrowing depth of 20 cm and,where present, can completely rework this interval in Bahía La Choya in 72 days. Reworking rates arehigh enough to preclude the preservation of most physical sedimentary structures under normal conditions.Only large-scale sedimentary structures or those buried deeply and rapidly are likely to escapereworking. Rates of biogenic sedimentation by callianassid shrimp are high enough to generate subsurfaceshell beds. Short-term biogenic sedimentation rates are higher than long-term rates, indicatingthat such intertidal sediments are not only thoroughly reworked, but are incomplete at time scales ofweeks to month 1996 artículo científico 0185-3880 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48022102 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=480 Ciencias Marinas application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Ciencias Marinas (México) Num.1 Vol.22
title Razones de bioturbación en bahía la Choya, Sonora, México
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
bioturbation
elasmobranch rays
sediment reworking
callianassid shrimp
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48022102