Population responses of coastal zoobenthos to stress induced by drifting algal mats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 141-151

  Norkko, Alf ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Disturbance; Drifting macroalgae; Hydrobia spp.; Macoma balthica; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; HYDROBIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MANAYUNKIA AESTUARINA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; TUBIFICIDAE; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; OLIGOCHAETA;

DRIFTING MATS; MACROALGAE; MACROFAUNA; ZOOBENTHOS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0029664129     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140141     Document Type: Article

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