Quantification of serpulid biogenic reef coverage of the sea bed (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) using a video transect technique

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-146

  Moore, Colin G ^a   Harries, Dan B ^a   Lyndon, Alastair R ^a   Saunders, Graham R ^b   Conway, Terence R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic reefs; Mapping; Monitoring; Serpula vermicularis; Video

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; MAPPING; MONITORING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

POLYCHAETA; SERPULA VERMICULARIS; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 0037356605     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.551     Document Type: Article

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