Tolerance of the deposit-feeding Baltic amphipods Monoporeia affinis and Pontoporeia femorata to oxygen deficiency

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 135-141

  Johansson, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

affinis; Amphipods; Baltic Sea; Monoporeia; Oxygen deficiency; Pontoporeia femorata; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; PONTOPOREIA FEMORATA;

ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; DEPOSIT FEEDING; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; SALINITY RANGE; TOLERANCE;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0030618558     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151135     Document Type: Article

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