Differences between epilithic and epizoic hydroid assemblages from commercial scallop grounds in the Bay of Fundy, northwest Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-134

  Henry, Lea Anne ^a   Kenchington, Ellen ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Disturbance; Epilithic; Epizoic; Hydroids; Life histories; Scallop dredging

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIFAUNA; EPILITHON; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

BIVALVIA; CALYCELLA; CALYCELLA SYRINGA; CAMPANULARIA; CAMPANULARIA VOLUBILIS; CLYTIA; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; EPILITHON; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; OBELIA; OBELIA DICHOTOMA; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS; SERTULARIA; SERTULARIA CUPRESSINA; SYRINGA;

EID: 1342268710     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266123     Document Type: Article

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