Effects of bait collection on Nereis virens populations and macrofaunal communities in the Solent, UK

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 703-716

  Watson, G J ^a   Farrell, P ^a   Stanton, S ^a   Skidmore, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOLENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; HARMOTHOE; NEOAMPHITRITE FIGULUS; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLIDA;

EID: 34249034621     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055026     Document Type: Article

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