Oxygen depletion under glass: Behavioural responses of benthic macrofauna to induced anoxia in the Northern Adriatic

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Riedel, B ^a   Zuschin, M ^a   Haselmair, A ^a   Stachowitsch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benthos; Epifauna; Hypoxia; Indicator; Infauna; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLASS; HYPOXIA; INVERTEBRATE; MACROBENTHOS; MORTALITY; OXYGEN; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACTINIARIA; CEREUS PEDUNCULATUS; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MACROPODIA; OPHIOTHRIX QUINQUEMACULATA; OPHIUROIDEA; PSAMMECHINUS;

EID: 54349098662     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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