The megaepifauna of the Dogger Bank (North Sea): Species composition and faunal characteristics 1991-2008

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-75

  Sonnewald, Moritz ^a   Türkay, Michael ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam trawl survey; Dogger Bank; Epibenthos; Megaepifauna; North Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGGER BANK; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84857370677     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-011-0247-2     Document Type: Article

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