Large-scale variation in macrofaunal communities along the eastern Nordic Seas continental margin: A comparison of four stations with contrasting food supply

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Shields, Mark A ^a   Hughes, David J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLUX; BODY SIZES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CURRENT-DRIVEN; DOWNSLOPE; ICE COVER; ICE-COVERED STATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; NORDIC SEAS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SIPUNCULANS; SVALBARD;

ADVECTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SWITCHING;

ICE;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FOOD SUPPLY; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

NEPHASOMA; SIPUNCULIDA;

EID: 68949150946     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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