Temporal variability in the Abra alba community determined by global and local events

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-155

  Van Hoey, Gert ^a,b   Vincx, Magda ^b   Degraer, Steven ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abra alba community; Belgian Continental Shelf; Benthos; Coastal zone; Ecosystem disturbance; Hydroclimatic shift; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; REMEDIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABRA ALBA;

EID: 34547556520     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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