Important scales of distribution patterns of benthic species in the Gretagrund area, the central Gulf of Riga

Estonian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-269

  Kotta, Jonne ^a   Möller, Tiia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Benthic invertebrates; Macrophytes; Nonindigenous; Patterns; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

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EID: 73849091275     PISSN: 1736602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eco.2009.4.02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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