Megabenthic communities in the waters around Svalbard

Polar Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 431-446

  Piepenburg, D ^a   Chernova, N V ^b   Von Dorrien, C F ^a   Gutt, J ^c   Neyelov, A V ^b   Rachor, E ^c   Saldanha, L ^d   Schmid, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPTH ZONATION; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEGABENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

SVALBARD;

OPHIACANTHA BIDENTATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0029669603     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050074     Document Type: Article

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