The seaward limit of wave effects on coastal macrobenthos

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Armonies, Werner ^a   Buschbaum, Christian ^a   Hellwig Armonies, Monika ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Coast; Depth; Disturbance; Diversity; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894518291     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-013-0364-1     Document Type: Article

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