Soft-bottom macrofauna and responses to organic enrichment in the subarctic waters of Tromso, northern Norway

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 227-237

  Holte, Børge ^a   Oug, Eivind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

macrofauna; Northern Norway; organic enrichment; soft bottom; species assemblages

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENRICHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

NORWAY, TROMSO;

EID: 0030513693     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90792-3     Document Type: Article

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