Colonisation of fish and crabs of wave energy foundations and the effects of manufactured holes - A field experiment

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Langhamer, Olivia ^a,b   Wilhelmsson, Dan ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institution of Engineering Sciences   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Coastal zone management; Disturbance; Fisheries; Habitat complexity; Habitat enhancement; Wave power

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEFS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; HABITAT ENHANCEMENT;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FISH; FISHERIES; FOUNDATIONS; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REEFS; REGIONAL PLANNING; WAVE POWER; WIND POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COLONIZATION; CRAB; FISH; HABITAT CREATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; WAVE POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FIELD STUDY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR; STARFISH;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POWER PLANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS;

EID: 67651101163     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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