Impacts of bay floor disturbances on benthic habitats in San Francisco Bay

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 47, 2007, Pages 401-419

  Greene, H G ^a   Vallier, T L ^a   Bizzarro, J J ^a   Watt, Steve ^a   Dieter, Bryan E ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEDROCK; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CURRENT; DEPOCENTER; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; MAPPING METHOD; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBSTRATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48049106468     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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