Species richness, taxonomic diversity, and taxonomic distinctness of the deep-water demersal fish community on the Northeast Atlantic continental slope (ICES Subdivision VIa)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-376

  Campbell, Neil ^a   Neat, Francis ^a   Burns, Finlay ^a   Kunzlik, Phil ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Deep water fish; Diversity gradient; Spatial planning; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951968920     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq070     Document Type: Article

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