Decadal change in macrobenthic soft-bottom community structure in a high Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard)

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Kedra, Monika ^a   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Wesławski, Jan Marcin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Diversity; Long term changes; Soft bottom macrobenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 77949772878     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0679-1     Document Type: Article

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