Spatial and temporal characteristics of benthic invertebrate communities at Culbin Sands lagoon, Moray Firth, NE Scotland, and impacts of the disturbance of cockle harvesting

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-278

  Mendonça, Vanda Mariyam ^a,b,c   Raffaelli, David George ^d   Boyle, Peter ^e   Hoskins, Steve ^e  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c University of York ^*  (Oman)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Benthic invertebrates; Cerastoderma edule; Cockle harvesting; Culbin sands; Recruitment; Spionidae

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING; HARVESTING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEED;

CULBIN SANDS LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARENICOLA MARINA; BIVALVIA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 48749113392     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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