Effects of cold winters and climate on the temporal variability of an epibenthic community in the German Bight

Climate Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Neumann, Hermann ^a   Ehrich, Siegfried ^b   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Cold winter; Epifauna; Mild winter; NAOI; North Sea; Succession; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; EPIFAUNA; FOOD SUPPLY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ASTROPECTEN IRREGULARIS; CORYSTES CASSIVELANUS; CRANGON ALLMANNI; CRANGON CRANGON; OPHIURA ALBIDA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 56549104133     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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