Community structure and bioturbation potential of macrofauna at four North Sea stations with contrasting food supply

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 1998, Pages 67-83

  Dauwe, B ^a   Herman, P M J ^a   Heip, C H R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioturbation; North Sea; Organic matter; Trophic groups; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC MATTER;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032511966     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps173067     Document Type: Article

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