Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the German Bight (North Sea) - Species diversity during the past 130 years

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1187-1197

  Boos, Karin ^a   Franke, Heinz Dieter ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECHINODERM; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ACROCNIDA BRACHIATA; AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA; AMPHIURA CHIAJEI; AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIOCTEN; OPHIOPHOLIS ACULEATA; OPHIOTHRIX FRAGILIS; OPHIURA ALBIDA; OPHIURA OPHIURA; OPHIURA SARSI; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 33748163889     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014184     Document Type: Review

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