A comparative biodiversity study of the associated fauna of perennial fucoids and filamentous algae

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 249-258

  Råberg, Sonja ^a   Kautsky, Lena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Proper; Baltic Sea; biodiversity; Bothnian Sea; Fucus radicans; Fucus vesiculosus; species composition

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF BOTHNIA; KRONOREN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GAMMARUS; INVERTEBRATA; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 34247603955     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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