Considering the functional value of common marine species as a conservation stake: The case of sandmason worm Lanice conchilega (Pallas 1766) (Annelida, Polychaeta) beds

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Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Godet, Laurent ^a   Toupoint, Nicolas ^b   Olivier, Frédéric ^a   Fournier, Jérôme ^c   Retière, Christian ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCE; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY;

BASSE NORMANDIE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; ANTHOZOA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; LANICE CONCHILEGA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLIDAE;

EID: 51549121781     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/07-A-317.1     Document Type: Article

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71. We especially thank Paul H. Norwood and J. Norwood for improving the English of this manuscript. We are grateful to T. Abiven and A. Guigny (Syndicat Mixte "Expaces Littoraux de la Manche") for their collaboration during fieldwork. We thank the Société Atlantique de Mariculture (SATMAR) and especially J.F. Toulorge and J. M. Le Saint for their technical help.
72. First submitted 27 February 2007. Accepted for publication 28 August 2007.