The benthos and fish of offshore sandbank habitats in the southern North Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1319-1335

  Ellis, J R ^a   Maxwell, T ^a   Schratzberger, M ^a   Rogers, S I ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beam trawl; Broken Bank; demersal fish; epifauna; infauna; nematodes; Norfolk; North Sea; nursery ground; Swarte Bank; Trachinidae

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NURSERY GROUND; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SANDBANK; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BUGLOSSIDIUM LUTEUM; CRANGON CRANGON; ECHIICHTHYS VIPERA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA; TRACHINIDAE;

EID: 84857501576     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001062     Document Type: Article

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