Demersal fish and epifauna associated with sandbank habitats

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-456

  Kaiser, M J ^a   Bergmann, M ^a   Hinz, H ^a   Galanidi, M ^a   Shucksmith, R ^a   Rees, E I S ^a   Darbyshire, T ^b   Ramsay, K ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservation; epifauna; fish; quantitative survey; sandbank habitat

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMERSAL FISH; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT; SANDBANK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHIICHTHYS VIPERA; LIMANDA; LIMANDA LIMANDA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS; PHILOCHERAS; PHILOCHERAS TRISPINOSUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; RAJA; RAJA MICROOCELLATA; SOLEA; SOLEA LASCARIS; VIPERA;

EID: 3042807061     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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