Long-term changes in macrofaunal communities off Norderney (East Frisia, Germany) in relation to climate variability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 25-36

  Kroncke I ^a   Dippner, J W ^b   Heyen, H ^c   Zeiss, B ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; German Bight; Long term variability; Macrofauna; Multivariate statistics; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROFAUNA; SUBTIDAL ZONE;

FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORDERNEY;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 2642616218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167025     Document Type: Article

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