Quantitative assessment of the area of shallow habitat for fish on the Swedish west coast

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Stål, Johan ^a   Pihl, Leif ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Areas; Fish habitat; Fisheries management; Habitat distribution; Swedish west coast

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; SEAGRASS; SHALLOW WATER; TRANSECT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447512549     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm018     Document Type: Article

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