Factors influencing hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) biodiversity and distribution in Arctic kelp forest

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1567-1575

  Ronowicz, Marta ^a   Wlodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Kuklinski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; benthic Hydrozoa; biodiversity; distribution; kelp forest; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; EPIPHYTE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; ICEBERG; INVERTEBRATE; KELP FOREST; SEDIMENTATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALARIA ESCULENTA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LAMINARIALES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 77958462172     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001495     Document Type: Article

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