Seasonality in vegetation biometrics and its effects on sediment characteristics and meiofauna in Baltic seagrass meadows

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-170

  Jankowska, Emilia ^a   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Balazy, Piotr ^a   Kuliński, Karol ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Ecosystem engineers; Meiofauna; Seasonality; Sediment characteristics; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893829445     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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