Do physical and chemical factors structure the macrobenthic community at a continental slope in the NE Atlantic?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 265-285

  Flach, Els ^a   Thomsen, Laurenz ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

C N; Community structure; Continental slope; Flow velocity; Macrobenthos; NE Atlantic

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROBENTHOS;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 7844242545     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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