Dynamics of macrofaunal communities of floating seaweed clumps off western Iceland: A study of patches on the surface of the sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-137

  Ingólfsson, Agnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Colonization; Floating seaweed; Iceland; Macrofaunal communities; Sea surface patches

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PATCH SIZE; SEAWEED;

ALGA; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DYNAMICS; ICELAND; PLANKTON; SEAWEED;

ICELAND;

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 0345722739     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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