The distribution of the sea anemone Metridium senile (L.) related to dredging for blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) and flow habitat

Ophelia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-52

  Riis, Anne ^a,b   Dolmer, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fishing impact; Flow velocity; Metridium senile; Mussel dredging; Size distribution; Substratum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DREDGING; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING; FLOW VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; BIVALVIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; METRIDIUM SENILE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0038009335     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2003.10409504     Document Type: Article

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