Multidecadal stability of benthic community structure in a high-Arctic glacial fjord (van Mijenfjord, Spitsbergen)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Renaud, Paul E ^a   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^b   Trannum, Hilde ^a   Holte, Børge ^c   Węsławski, Jan Marcin ^b   Cochrane, Sabine ^a   Dahle, Salve ^a   Gulliksen, Bjørn ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Helsetilsynet i Troms   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FJORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VAN MIJENFJORDEN;

EID: 33846052615     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0183-9     Document Type: Article

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