Relationship between structural and functional aspects of microbial and macrofaunal communities in different areas of the North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 13-31

  Kröncke, Ingrid ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a   Wieking, Gunther ^a   Palojärvi, Ansa ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Food availability; Macrofauna; Microorganisms; North Sea; Phytopigments; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FAUNA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; OPHIURIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 10844264299     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282013     Document Type: Article

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