Habitat-based submersible assessment of macro-invertebrate and groundfish assemblages at Heceta Bank, Oregon, from 1988 to 1990

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-64

  Tissot, Brian N ^a   Hixon, Mark A ^b   Stein, David L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Groundfish; Habitat definition and use; Heceta Bank; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISH; HABITAT USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

HECETA BANK; OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALLOCENTROTUS FRAGILIS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; OPHIODON ELONGATUS; OPHIUROIDEA; PELMATOZOA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES PINNIGER; SEBASTES RUBERRIMUS; SEBASTOLOBUS ALASCANUS;

EID: 35148841084     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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