Temporal patterns of benthic community development in an Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard): Results of a 24-year manipulation study

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 913-924

  Beuchel, Frank ^a   Gulliksen, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Disturbance; Image analysis; Macrobenthos; Manipulation study; Recolonisation; Redundancy analysis; Succession; Temporal variation; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FJORD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROBENTHOS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOLONIZATION; SUCCESSION; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; KVADEHUKEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ACTINIARIA; DESMARESTIA; ECHINOIDEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 44949188599     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0429-9     Document Type: Article

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