Density responses of subarctic coastal marine fish and crabs to artificial reefs

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-360

  Sargent, Philip S ^a   Gregory, Robert S ^b   Schneider, David C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOMASS; COMPLEXITY; CRAB; FISH; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRANSECT;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NEWMAN SOUND; NORTH AMERICA;

ANURA; CANCER (CRUSTACEAN); CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCRIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; GADUS OGAC; HYAS ARANEUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS;

EID: 33845720297     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-062.1     Document Type: Article

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