Variations in the sulfide regime and the distribution of macrofauna in an intertidal flat in the North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-104

  Thiermann, F ^a   Niemeyer, A S ^a   Giere, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROFAUNA; MACROFAUNAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATIONS; SULPHIDE; SULPHIDE CONCENTRATION; SULPHIDES; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS; ZOOBENTHOS;

GERMANY, WADDEN SEA, KONIGSHAFEN; WADDEN SEA, KONIGSHAFEN;

ANNELIDA;

EID: 53349143000     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02367138     Document Type: Article

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