Are southern California oil and gas platforms essential fish habitat?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Helvey, Mark ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Essential fish habitat; Groundfish; Magnuson Stevens Act; Oil platforms

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; GAS PLATFORM; HABITAT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OIL PLATFORM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTES;

EID: 0036804575     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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