Effects of an area closed to.sheries on the composition of the benthic fauna in the southern North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 899-908

  Duineveld, Gerard C A ^a   Bergman, Magda J N ^a   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos composition; Epifauna; Fishery closed areas; Infauna; Long term fishery impacts

Indexed keywords

ABRA NITIDA; ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSA SUBTERRANEA; CULTELLUS PELLUCIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DOSINIA LUPINUS; THRACIA CONVEXA; UPOGEBIA DELTAURA; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 58549112314     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm029     Document Type: Article

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