Small-scale variation within a Modiolus modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) reef in the Irish Sea: I. Seabed mapping and reef morphology

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Lindenbaum, C ^a   Bennell, J D ^b   Rees, E I S ^b   Mcclean, D ^b   Cook, W ^c   Wheeler, A J ^d   Sanderson, W G ^a  

^a Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biogenic reef; Bioherm; Conservation management; Irish Sea; Modiolus; Monitoring; SAC; Sonar

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOHERM; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECHO SOUNDER; EPIFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIBEAM SONAR; REEF; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SIDESCAN SONAR; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; MODIOLUS; MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 43049116532     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000374     Document Type: Article

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