Pelagic occurrence of the sympagic amphipod Gammarus wilkitzkii in ice-free waters of the Greenland Sea - Dead end or part of life-cycle?

Polar Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Werner, Iris ^a   Auel, Holger ^a   Garrity, Caren ^b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Microwave Group Ottawa River Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

GREENLAND SEA;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII;

EID: 0033062461     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050390     Document Type: Article

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