Large-scale species invasion into a low-diversity system: spatial and temporal distribution of the invasive polychaetes Marenzelleria spp. in the Baltic Sea

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2055-2074

  Kauppi, Laura ^a   Norkko, Alf ^a,b   Norkko, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dominance; Habitat degradation; Hypoxia; Soft sediment communities; Spionid polychaete

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BRACKISH WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HYPOXIA; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

MARENZELLERIA; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA;

EID: 84930382540     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0860-0     Document Type: Article

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