Review: The Caspian Sea benthos: Unique fauna and community formed under strong grazing pressure

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 156-161

  Karpinsky, M G ^a  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND OCEANOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Annual changes; Benthos; Caspian; Distribution; Grazing pressure; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CHANGE; BENTHIC BIOMASS; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CASPIAN SEA; COMMUNITY IS; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; FORCING FUNCTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; NEW SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SOUTHERN CASPIAN SEA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FAUNA; GRAZING PRESSURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; FAUNA; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; PREY; SEA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; IRAN; OCEANS AND SEAS;

CASPIAN SEA;

ACIPENSER;

EID: 77951297805     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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