Structure and function of macrofaunal communities influenced by hydrodynamically controlled food availability in the Wadden Sea, the open North Sea, and the Deep-sea. A synopsis

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-164

  Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding types; Growth; Hydrography; Macrofauna; NAOI; Phyto pigments; TOC; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANGOLA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK; WADDEN SEA;

AMPHIPODA; AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; ECHINOIDEA; OPHIURIDA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33751296352     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043725     Document Type: Article

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