Benthic assemblages associated with rocks in a brackish environment of the southern Baltic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Grzelak, Katarzyna ^a   Kuklinski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Associated fauna; Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Macrofauna; Rocky habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BOULDER; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BALANUS IMPROVISUS; ELECTRA CRUSTULENTA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); THORACICA;

EID: 77953617803     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991378     Document Type: Article

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