Beach morphology and food web structure: Comparison of an eroding and an accreting sandy shore in the North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-189

  Menn, Iris ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beach morphology; Food web; Sandy shore; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WAVE ENERGY; BEACH; NUTRIENT;

DENMARK; GERMANY; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; ROMO; SYLT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SONDERJYLLAND; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMATODA;

EID: 0036767576     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0108-0     Document Type: Article

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