Altered benthic prey-availability due to episodic oxygen deficiency caused by drifting algal mats

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 355-372

  Norkko, Alf ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drifting algae; Hypoxia; Predator prey interactions; Vertical migrations; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; ISOPODA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SADURIA ENTOMON; DECAPODA;

ALGAL MATS; BENTHIC INFAUNA; DRIFTING ALGAE; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; PREY AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0030499248     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00514.x     Document Type: Article

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