Spatial patterns of infauna, epifauna, and demersal fish communities in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-293

  Reiss, Henning ^a   Degraer, Steven ^b   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^c   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a   Aldridge, John ^d   Craeymeersch, Johan A ^e   Eggleton, Jacqueline D ^d   Hillewaert, Hans ^f   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^c   Moll, Andreas ^g   Pohlmann, Thomas ^g   Rachor, Eike ^h   Robertson, Mike ⁱ   Vanden Berghe, Edward ^j,k   Van Hoey, Gert ^f   Rees, Hubert L ^d  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

^k RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Community structure; Demersal fish; Ecosystem management; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; DATA SET; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EPIFAUNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 76649130919     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp253     Document Type: Article

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