Habitat characteristics and spatial arrangement affecting the diversity of fish and decapod assemblages of seagrass (Zostera marina) beds around the coast of Jersey (English Channel)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 421-432

  Jackson, Emma L ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^a   Jones, Malcolm B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decapod crustaceans; fish; landscape ecology; seagrass; spatial scale; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRUSTACEA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33744995555     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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