Influence of salinity and suspended matter on benthos of an Arctic tidal flat

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 194-202

  Weslawski, Jan Marcin ^a   Szymelfenig, Maria ^b   Zajaczkowski, Marek ^a   Keck, Alexander ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Biodiversity; Sedimentation; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; MACROZOOBENTHOS; POLAND; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL FLAT;

DEPTH; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033364263     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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