Seasonal 'fall out' of sessile macro-fauna from submarine cliffs: Quantification, causes and implications

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1199-1208

  Bell, James J ^a,b,c   Barnes, David K A ^a,b,d   Shaw, Claire ^a,b   Heally, Aine ^a,b   Farrell, Aisling ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d British Antarctic Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; MACROBENTHOS; SEASONALITY; SUBMARINE FEATURE;

COUNTY CORK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LOUGH HYNE; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

ASCIDIACEA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERES; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; LETHRINIDAE; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; THORACICA;

EID: 1042267147     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300849X     Document Type: Article

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