Seasonal and annual variability in an epifaunal community in the German Bight

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 735-745

  Hinz, H ^a,c   Kroncke I ^a   Ehrich, S ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EPIFAUNA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTROPECTEN; ASTROPECTEN IRREGULARIS; CORYSTES; CRANGON; CRANGON CRANGON; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIURA; OPHIURA ALBIDA; OPHIURA OPHIURA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 2342424264     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1239-9     Document Type: Article

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