Wrecks as artificial lobster habitats in the German Bight

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Krone, Roland ^a   Schröder, Alexander ^a  

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

Author keywords

Artificial structures; German Bight; Homarus gammarus; North Sea; Wrecks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LOBSTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; WADDEN SEA;

GAMMARUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 79951553426     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-010-0195-2     Document Type: Article

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