Interdecadal change in the deep Puget sound benthos

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 493, Issue , 2003, Pages 95-114

  Nichols, Frederic H ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Climate change; Long term change; Puget Sound; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BENTHOS;

BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DECADAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

UNITED STATES;

BRISASTER; BRISASTER LATIFRONS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0141453532     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025453700512     Document Type: Article

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