A long-term study of the recovery of the macrozoobenthos on large defaunated plots on a tidal flat in the Wadden Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-254

  Beukema, J J ^a   Flach, E C ^a   Dekker, R ^a   Starink, M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Migration; Numbers; Recovery; Settlement; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMONITORING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION; SUCCESSION; ZOOBENTHOS;

WADDEN SEA;

ARENICOLA MARINA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS;

EID: 0032710652     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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