Shift in fish assemblage structure due to loss of seagrass Zostera marina habitats in Sweden

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Pihl, Leif ^a   Baden, Susanne ^a   Kautsky, Nils ^b   Rönnbäck, Patrik ^b   Söderqvist, Tore ^c   Max Troell, ^c   Wennhage, Håkan ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cod; Eutrophication; Habitat loss; Plaice; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT LOSS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

GADIFORMES; HALOPHILA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SYNGNATHIDAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 32444444301     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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