Contribution of scale-dependent environmental variability on the biomass patterns of drift algae and associated invertebrates in the Gulf of Riga, northern Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Kotta, Jonne ^a   Paalme, Tiina ^a   Püss, Teemar ^a   Herkül, Kristjan ^a,b   Kotta, Ilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cladophora glomerata; Drifting macroalgae; Invertebrate function; Pilayella littoralis; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BALTIC SEA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; DRIFTING MACROALGAE; INVERTEBRATE FUNCTION; PILAYELLA LITTORALIS; SPATIAL SCALE;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALGAL MAT; BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF RIGA;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; INVERTEBRATA; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS;

EID: 57049153401     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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