Consequences of Increasing Hypoxic Disturbance on Benthic Communities and Ecosystem Functioning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Villnäs, Anna ^a,b,c   Norkko, Joanna ^c   Lukkari, Kaarina ^a   Hewitt, Judi ^d   Norkko, Alf ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; CELL HYPOXIA; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84867610354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044920     Document Type: Article

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