Comparison of the impacts of consumers, ambient UV, and future UVB irradiance on mid-latitudinal macroepibenthic assemblages

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1833-1845

  Molis, Markus ^a   Wahl, Martin ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Community structure; Consumers; Diversity; Epibenthic assemblage; Mytilus edulis; Seaweeds; Species richness; Succession; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DIVERSITY INDEX; EUTROPHICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; IRRADIANCE; MACROBENTHOS; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 66749179299     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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