Estuaries - A biological point of view

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-130

  Wołowicz, MacIej ^a   Sokołowski, Adam ^a   Lasota, Rafał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Estuaries

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; NICHE; OXYGEN; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AVES;

EID: 34548771198     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-007-0025-2     Document Type: Article

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