Hydrogen sulphide and other factors influencing the macrobenthic community structure in the Gulf of Gdańsk

Oceanologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-394

  Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Janas, Urszula ^b   Szaniawska, Anna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Gulf of Gda sk; Hydrogen sulphide; Macrofaunal communities

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; MACROFAUNA; ZOOBENTHOS;

BALTIC SEA, GULF OF GDANSK;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0030427838     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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