Temporal changes in intertidal macrofauna communities over eight decades: A result of eutrophication and climate change

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-218

  Schückel, Ulrike ^a   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bivalve species standing stocks; Introduced species; Jade Bay; Long term changes; North Sea; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AMPHIPOD; ANNELID; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MUDFLAT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; JADE BAY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BATHYPOREIA SARSI; BIVALVIA; CAPITELLIDA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; POLYCHAETA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; TUBIFICOIDES BENEDII;

EID: 84873591092     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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