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The development of a benthic ecosystem
Wolff, W.J.; Sandee, A.J.J.; de Wolf, L. (1977). The development of a benthic ecosystem. Hydrobiologia 52(1): 107-115
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Benthos
    Biological production > Primary production
    Ecosystems
    Food webs > Food chains
    Structures > Hydraulic structures > Barrages > Dams
    Water bodies > Inland waters > Lakes > Artificial lakes
    ANE, Netherlands, Grevelingen L. [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water

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  • Wolff, W.J., more
  • Sandee, A.J.J.
  • de Wolf, L.

Abstract
    The development of a benthic ecosystem on a sandy bottom at 3m depth in the saline Lake Grevelingen, is described. The development started after the closure of the former Grevelingen estuary and was followed for 4.5 yrs. Ecosystem attributes studied were biomass, secondary production, production/biomass ratio, type of food chains, species diversity, pattern diversity, size of organisms, type of life-cycles, and r-and K-selection. The results are discussed in relation to E. P. Odum's (1969) theory of ecosystem development.

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