The taxonomic distinctness of coastal bottom-dwelling fish communities of the North-east Atlantic

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 769-782

  Rogers, Stuart I ^a   Clarke, K Robert ^b   Reynolds, John D ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fishing impact; Groundfish; NW Europe; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIOMETRY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032799838     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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