Strategies of post-larval dispersal in non-tidal soft-sediment communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Valanko, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Norkko, Alf ^a,b   Norkko, Joanna ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Benthos; Dispersal; Invertebrate; Post larval; Soft sediment

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; EPIFAUNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 76549132619     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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