Macrobenthic resources of the shallow soft-bottom sediments in the eastern English Channel and southern North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-131

  Desroy, N ^a   Warembourg, C ^b   Dewarumez, J M ^a   Dauvin, J C ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Abra alba assemblage; Eastern English Channel; Macrobenthic resources; Monitoting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; NORTH SEA;

ABRA; ABRA ALBA; OPHELIA; OPHELIA BOREALIS;

EID: 0037303150     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1333     Document Type: Article

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