Do climatic oscillations influence cyclical patterns of soft bottom macrobenthic communities on the Swedish west coast?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 85-94

  Tunberg, Björn G ^a   Nelson, Walter G ^b,c  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Climate; Cycles; Infauna; NAO index; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; MACROBENTHOS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032480258     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170085     Document Type: Article

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