Long-term changes in the diversity and faunal structure of benthic communities in the northern North Sea: Natural variability or induced instability?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 317-329

  Pearson, T H ^a   Mannvik, H P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Diversity; Dominance; Natural disturbance; North Sea; Variability

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OIL FIELD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0031774273     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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