Large-scale faunal characterisation of marine benthic sedimentary habitats around the UK

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-65

  Barrio Froján, Christopher R S ^a   Bolam, Stefan G ^a   Eggleton, Jacqueline D ^a   Mason, Claire ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Large scale; Macrofauna; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT TYPE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; IRISH SEA; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857978967     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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