Habitat loss and possible effects on local species richness in a species-poor system: A case study of southern Baltic Sea macrofauna

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3991-4002

  Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Węsławski, Jan Marcin ^a   Warzocha, Jan ^b   Janas, Urszula ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Habitat loss; Macrozoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REEF; SAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 78649760573     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9942-6     Document Type: Article

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