Historical macrobenthic community assemblages in the Avilés Canyon, N Iberian Shelf: Baseline biodiversity information for a marine protected area

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Louzao, Maite ^a   Anadón, Nuria ^a   Arrontes, Julio ^a   Álvarez Claudio, Consuelo ^a   Fuente, Dulce María ^a   Ocharan, Francisco ^a   Anadón, Araceli ^a   Acuña, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baseline biodiversity information; Bay of Biscay; Historic biological data; Macrobenthic assemblages; Marine protected areas

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC HABITATS; BIOLOGICAL DATA; CNIDARIA; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATION TARGETS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MACROBENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ASTURIAS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AVILES; BAY OF BISCAY; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; PENNATULACEA;

EID: 73449135756     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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