Seasonal dynamics of sublittoral meiobenthos in relation to phytoplankton sedimentation in the Baltic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-164

  Olafsson E ^a   Elmgren, R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomass; Harpacticoid copepods; Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Ostracods; Phytodetritus; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; MEIOBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; KINORHYNCHA; MACOMA BALTHICA; METAZOA; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PSEUDOBRADYA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031213690     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0195     Document Type: Article

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