Comparison of near seabed currents at two locations in the Porcupine Sea Bight - Implications for benthic fauna

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-686

  White, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BOTTOM CURRENT; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM; PHERONEMA; PHERONEMA CARPENTERI; PORIFERA;

EID: 0041761913     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007641h     Document Type: Article

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