Soft-bottom fauna and oxygen minima in sub-arctic north Norwegian marine sill basins

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Holte, Børge ^a   Oug, Eivind ^b   Dahle, Salve ^b  

^a Fylkesmannen I Troms   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feeding functions; Northern Norway; Oxygen concentrations; Sill fjords; Soft bottom fauna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FJORD; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; OXYGEN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 27844517460     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000510019033     Document Type: Article

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