Sabellaria spinulosa reef: A scoring system for evaluating 'reefiness' in the context of the Habitats Directive

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 665-677

  Hendrick, Vicki J ^a   Foster Smith, Robert L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GUIDELINE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; POLYCHAETE; REEF;

POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIA SPINULOSA;

EID: 33745147560     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013555     Document Type: Article

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