Distribution of meiofauna in Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 661-669

  Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Szymelfenig, Maria ^b   De Troch, Marleen ^c   Zajaczkowski, Marek ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FJORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER; MEIOFAUNA; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 8744236327     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0625-1     Document Type: Article

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