Deep cold-water corals as nurseries for fish larvae

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Baillon, Sandrine ^a   Hamel, Jean François ^b   Wareham, Vonda E ^c   Mercier, Annie ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Society for the Exploration and Valuing of the Environment   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COLD WAR; COLONY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEEP WATER; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DECLINE; SOFT CORAL; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; PENNATULACEA; SEBASTES;

EID: 84865686565     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120022     Document Type: Article

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