Changes in the distribution of epifaunal reefs and oysters during 130 years of dredging for oysters in Foveaux Strait, southern New Zealand

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 461-483

  Cranfield, H John ^a   Michael, Keith P ^a   Doonan, Ian J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease mortality; Epifaunal reefs; Foveaux Strait; Modification; Oysters

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIFAUNA; REEF; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ASCIDIACEA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CINCTIPORA; CINCTIPORA ELEGANS; MARTES; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA; TIOSTREA; TIOSTREA CHILENSIS;

EID: 0032745183     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199909/10)9:5<461::AID-AQC353>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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