Tolerance of benthic macrofauna to hypoxia and anoxia in shallow coastal seas: A realistic scenario

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 458, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-52

  Riedel, Bettina ^a   Zuschin, Martin ^a   Stachowitsch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Dead zone; Life habit; Mediterranean; Mortality; Oxygen; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EPIFAUNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MACROBENTHOS; MORTALITY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIACEA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84863597160     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09724     Document Type: Article

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