Effects of current exposure on habitat preference of mobile 0-group epibenthos for intertidal seagrass beds (Zostera noltii) in the northern Wadden Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 627-635

  Polte, Patrick ^a   Schanz, Anja ^a   Asmus, Harald ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic exposure; Intertidal seagrass beds; Mobile epibenthos; North Sea; Wadden Sea; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WADDEN SEA; WORLD;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRANGON; CRANGON CRANGON; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; GOBIIDAE; GRAPSIDAE; HALOPHILA; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 13444259929     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.031     Document Type: Article

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