Effects of eelgrass (Zostera marina) canopy removal and sediment addition on sediment characteristics and benthic communities in the Northern Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 74-82

  Herkül, Kristjan ^a,b   Kotta, Jonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Benthic community; Disturbance; Oxygen flux; Seagrass; Sedimentation; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROALGA; METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 76349089625     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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