Benthos and demersal fish habitats in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 445-459

  Neumann, Hermann ^a   Reiss, Henning ^a,c   Ehrich, Siegfried ^b   Sell, Anne ^b   Panten, Kay ^b   Kloppmann, Matthias ^b   Wilhelms, Ingo ^b   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community structure; Demersal fish; Epifauna; Habitat stability; Infauna; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT USE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84882880783     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-012-0334-z     Document Type: Article

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