Effects of cold winters and regime shifts on macrofauna communities in shallow coastal regions

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-90

  Kröncke, Ingrid ^a   Reiss, Henning ^a,c   Dippner, Joachim W ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological regime shift; Climate regime shift; Feeding modes; NAO index; Zoogeographic distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DOMINANCE; FAUNISTICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WINTER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORDERNEY;

EID: 84875461568     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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