Transitions in sandflat biota since the 1930s: Effects of sea-level rise, eutrophication and biological globalization in the tidal bay Königshafen, northern Wadden Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-298

  Schumacher, Juliane ^a   Dolch, Tobias ^a   Reise, Karsten ^a  

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

Author keywords

De eutrophication; Intertidal; Introduced species; Long term changes; Macrobenthos; Sea level rise; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; BIOTA; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROBENTHOS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; KONIGSHAFEN; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SYLT; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; COLEOPTERA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CYANOBACTERIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84901633829     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-014-0389-0     Document Type: Article

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