Spatio-temporal variability of micro- and meiobenthic communities in a White Sea intertidal sandflat

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 663-671

  Azovsky, A I ^a   Chertoprood, E S ^a   Saburova, M A ^b   Polikarpov, I G ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

body size; ciliates; distribution; dynamics; harpacticoids; microphytobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; DINOFLAGELLATE; MEIOFAUNA; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; WHITE SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 3242704166     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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