Diversity, structure and interactions of encrusting lithophyllic macrofaunal assemblages from Belgica Bank, East Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-717

  Kuklinski, Piotr ^a,b   Bader, Beate ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Belgica Bank; Biodiversity; Competition; East Greenland; Epibionts; Lithophyllic assemblages

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; EPIBIONT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BELGICA BANK; EAST GREENLAND; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIACEA; BELGICA; BRYOZOA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34247626295     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0228-0     Document Type: Article

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