Fauna of the green alga Cladophora glomerata in the Baltic Sea: Density, diversity, and algal decomposition stage

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2353-2362

  Ólafsson, Emil ^a,d   Aarnio, Katri ^b   Bonsdorff, Erik ^b   Arroyo, Nina Larissa ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Menntun Consultoría Científica S L   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MACROPHYTE; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883051061     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2229-1     Document Type: Article

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