Species composition, zonation, and biomass of marine benthic macroalgae in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Botanica Marina

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-414

  Hop, Haakon ^a   Wiencke, Christian ^b   Vögele, Barbara ^c   Kovaltchouk, Nikolaj A ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic fjords; Biogeography; Depth zonation; Macroalgae; Seaweeds; Species inventory

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWEED; SPECIES INVENTORY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84867788003     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bot-2012-0097     Document Type: Article

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