Benthic response to chronic natural physical disturbance by glacial sedimentation in an Arctic fjord

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 303, Issue , 2005, Pages 31-41

  Wlodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Pearson, Thomas H ^b   Kendall, Michael A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beta diversity; Biomass; Disturbance; Functional groups; Soft sediment communities; Species diversity; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FJORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 29244455831     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps303031     Document Type: Article

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