Seasonal variability of epibenthic communities in different areas of the southern North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 882-905

  Reiss, Henning ^a   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a Sudstrand 40 26382 W ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dogger Bank; epibenthos; fishing effort; German Bight; migration; Oyster Ground; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; FISHING EFFORT; MIGRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGGER BANK; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; CORYSTES; CRUSTACEA; OPHIURA; OPHIURA ALBIDA; OSTREIDAE; PAGURUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS; POLYBIUS HOLSATUS;

EID: 4644334222     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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