The environmental impact of crayfish biopedoturbation on a floodplain : Roanoke River, North Carolina Coastal Plain, U.S.A

• Autorzy: Butler D. R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A terrestrial crustacean, the crayfish, creates widespread fine-scale landforms (mounds or "chimneys") on the floodplain of the Roanoke River in eastern North Carolina, U.S.A. These mounds are typically 12 cm high and 8 cm in diameter, and are composed of extremely high concentrations of clay. Non-crayfish-affected soils on the floodplain, regardless of coarser-scale landform type, are dominated by sand, illustrating that crayfish are a primary mechanism for concentrating clay and creating spatial heterogeneity on the floodplain.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

zoogeomorphology; biopedoturbation; crayfish; Roanoke River; North Carolina

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Geomorfologów Polskich
• Czasopismo: Landform Analysis
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 3
• Strony: 35--40
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 42 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Butler D. R.

• The James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research Department of Geography, Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666-4616, U.S.A

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