Community dynamics of intertidal soft-bottom mussel beds over two decades

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-36

  Büttger, Heike ^a   Asmus, Harald ^b   Asmus, Ragnhild ^b   Buschbaum, Christian ^b   Dittmann, Sabine ^c   Nehls, Georg ^a  

^a BioConsult SH ^*  (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Ecosystem engineers; Macrozoobenthos; Mussel bed community; Mytilus; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SYLT; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 39649084180     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0099-y     Document Type: Article

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