Habitat preferences of selected demersal fish species in the Bay of Biscay and Celtic Sea, North-East Atlantic

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-285

  Persohn, Cecile ^a   Lorance, Pascal ^a   Trenkel, Verena M ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Demersal fish distribution; Depth; Habitat suitability; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DEMERSAL FISH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY SURVEY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CELTIC SEA;

CHELIDONICHTHYES KUMU; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; REXEA SOLANDRI; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

EID: 68149179390     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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