Soft-bottom macrofauna in the high-latitude ecosystem of Balsfjord, northern Norway: Species composition, community structure and temporal variability

Sarsia

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Oug, Eivind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fjord; Long term patterns; Northern Norway; Soft bottom macrofauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034708282     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364827.2000.10414551     Document Type: Article

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