Meiofaunal (re)colonization of the Arctic intertidal (Hornsund, Spitsbergen) after ice melting: Role of wrack deposition

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a   Drgas, Aleksander ^a   Ameryk, Anetta ^a   Tatarek, Agnieszka ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Colonization; Intertidal; Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Wrack

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEMATODE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

GEOMONHYSTERA DISJUNCTA; MONHYSTERIDA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 58149496372     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0525-x     Document Type: Article

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