A towed video survey of megafaunal bioturbation in the north-eastern Irish Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 635-653

  Hughes, D J ^a   Atkinson, R J A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; BURROWING ORGANISMS; MEGAFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; VIDEO SURVEY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; CALOCARIS MACANDREAE; COLOCARIS; COLOCARIS MACANDREAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHIURA; GONEPLAX RHOMBOIDES; INVERTEBRATA; JAXEA NOCTURNA; MAXMUELLERIA LANKESTERI; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA DELTAURA;

EID: 0030750684     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400036122     Document Type: Article

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