Geographic and environmental factors affecting the distribution of kelp beds and barren grounds and changes in biota associated with kelp reduction at sites along the Norwegian coast

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2872-2887

  Sivertsen, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARREN GROUND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; KELP BED; SEA RUCHIN; SEA URCHIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORWAY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINUS ESCULENTUS; EUKARYOTA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA HYPERBOREA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0031409530     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-186     Document Type: Article

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