Structure of phytobenthic and associated animal communities in the Gulf of Riga

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 393, Issue , 1999, Pages 191-200

  Kautsky, Hans ^a   Martin, Georg ^b   Mäkinen, Anita ^c   Borgiel, Mikael ^a   Vahteri, Petri ^c   Rissanen, Jouko ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Depth distribution; Fauna; Flora; Photic zone; SCUBA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0032773878     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003510105274     Document Type: Article

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