Epifaunal colonization of the Loch Linnhe artificial reef: Influence of substratum on epifaunal assemblage structure

Biofouling

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Brown, Craig J ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Concrete; Epifaunal colonisation; Preservative treated wood; PVC; Rubber; Species diversity; Steel; Successional change

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RUBBER; STEEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REEFS; RUBBER; STEEL; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; COLONIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING MATERIAL; SEA; SEASON; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RUBBER; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; STEEL; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH LINNHE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 32044471271     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010512331344197     Document Type: Article

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