A seafloor crater in the German Bight and its effects on the benthos

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-44

  Thatje, S ^a   Gerdes, D ^a   Rachor, E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Community structure; Macrobenthos; North Sea; Sediment trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002186765     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012136     Document Type: Article

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