Comparison of biomass and percentage cover of sessile epibiota on the poole bay artificial reef

Ophelia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-62

  Hatcher, Alison M ^a,b  

^a FAWLEY arl Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; ARTIFICIAL REEFS; BIOMASS; EPIBIONTS; PERCENTAGE COVER; SESSILE EPIBIONT; SESSILE SPECIES;

DORSET; ENGLAND; POOLE BAY; UK;

ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; MOLLUSCA; POGONOPHORA; THORACICA;

EID: 0030700640     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1997.10433390     Document Type: Article

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