Possible mechanisms for a marine benthic regime shift in the North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 330, Issue , 2007, Pages 39-47

  Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Amaro, Teresa ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^a   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative stable state; Amphiura filiformis; Bioturbation; Callianassa subterranea; Catastrophic shift; Competition; Regime shift; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; MARINE SEDIMENT; RECRUITMENT; RESUSPENSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN FRONT; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OPHIUROIDEA; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 33847237314     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps330039     Document Type: Article

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