Diversity and species composition of peracarids (Crustacea: Malacostraca) on the South Greenland shelf: Spatial and temporal variation

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-139

  Stransky, Bente ^a   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Greenland; Peracarida; Shelf; Spatial and temporal variation; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; ISOPODA; MALACOSTRACA; PERACARIDA; TANAIDACEA;

EID: 74849084003     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0691-5     Document Type: Article

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