The geographic scale of synchronized fluctuation patterns in zoobenthos populations as a key to underlying factors: Climatic or man-induced

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 964-971

  Beukema, J J ^a   Essink, K ^b   Michaelis, H ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur O   (Germany)

Author keywords

abundance fluctuations; common causes; synchronization; tidal flats; Wadden Sea; zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATE; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC SCALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIDAL FLAT; WASTEWATER; ZOOBENTHOS;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; POLYCHAETA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0030302750     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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