Benthic ecology of pockmarks in the Inner Oslofjord, Norway

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-25

  Webb, Karen E ^a   Barnes, David K A ^b   Gray, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Environmental factors; Oslofjord; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FJORD; MACROBENTHOS; POCKMARK; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES INVENTORY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLOFJORDEN; SCANDINAVIA;

BIVALVIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 68649122827     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08079     Document Type: Article

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