Seasonal dynamics of aggregates and their typical biocoenosis in the Elbe Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 613-621

  Zimmermanx Timm, Heike ^a   Holst, Henry ^a   Müller, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BIOCOENOSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY;

ELBE ESTUARY; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOMONADIDA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYPOTRICHIA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; SESSILIDA;

EID: 0032460291     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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