Rapid zoobenthic community responses to accumulations of drifting algae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 143-157

  Norkko, Alf ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Community structure; Drifting algae; Hypoxia; Recovery; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; ALGAL MATS; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYPOXIA; ZOOBENTHOS;

BALTIC SEA; BALTIC SEA, (NORTHERN);

EID: 0029667762     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131143     Document Type: Article

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