Habitat structure and the survival of juvenile scallops Pecten novaezelandiae: Comparing predation in habitats with varying complexity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2004, Pages 197-207

  Talman, Sonia G ^a,b   Norkko, Alf ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishing impacts; Habitat structure; New zealand; Pecten novaezelandiae; Predation; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ASCIDIACEA; BIVALVIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; PECTEN; PECTEN NOVAEZELANDIAE; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 1942509646     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps269197     Document Type: Article

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