Variability and stability in benthos: Twenty-two years of monitoring off Northumberland

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 978-980

  Frid, C L J ^a   Buchanan, J B ^a   Garwood, P R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benthos; density dependent; macrofauna; North Sea; Northumberland; organic input; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DENSITY-DEPENDENT CHANGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STABILITY;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND;

EID: 0030302735     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0121     Document Type: Article

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