Seasonal variability of meio- and macrobenthic standing stocks and diversity in an Arctic fjord (Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen)

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-845

  Pawłowska, Joanna ^a   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Zajączkowski, Marek ^a   Nygård, Henrik ^b,c   Berge, Jørgen ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Fjord; Macrobenthos; Meiofauna; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; FJORD; GRANULOMETRY; ICE COVER; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEIOFAUNA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADVENTFJORDEN; ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE;

EID: 79955808704     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0940-7     Document Type: Article

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