Long-term changes in the soft-bottom macrofauna of the Gulf of Riga

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 41-48

  Cederwall, Hans ^a   Jermakovs, Vadims ^b   Lagzdins, Gunars ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c Latvian Academy of Sciences   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomass; Gulf of Riga; Long term changes; Macoma balthica; Macrozoobenthos; Marenzelleria viridis; Monoporeia affinis; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACOMA BALTHICA; MACROFAUNA; MARENZELLERIA VIRIDIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONOPOREIRA AFFINIS; NITRATE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF RIGA;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MARENZELLERIA VIRIDIS; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033361139     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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