Megabenthic diversity patterns and community structure of the Blanes submarine canyon and adjacent slope in the Northwestern Mediterranean: A human overprint?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-182

  Ramirez Llodra, Eva ^a,b   Company, Joan Baptista ^a   Sardà, Francisco ^a   Rotllant, Guiomar ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canyon; Fishing impact; Megabenthos; Northwestern Mediterranean.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANYON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PARAPENAEUS POLITUS; PISCES;

EID: 77950965792     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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