Mudflat biota since the 1930s: Change beyond return?

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Reise, Karsten ^a   Herre, Elisabeth ^a   Sturm, Manfred ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alien species; Arenicola; Corophium; Eutrophication; Green algae; Intertidal; Sea level rise; Wadden sea; Zostera

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUDFLAT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA; CHLOROPHYTA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; CYANOBACTERIA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 39649084912     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0087-2     Document Type: Article

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