Broad_scale, dense amphipod tube aggregations on the sea bed: Implications for resource species that utilize benthic habitats

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Vitaliano, Joseph ^a   Packer, David ^a   Reid, Robert ^a   Guida, Vincent ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod tubes; Benthic habitat; Biogenic structure; Demersal fish; Food habits; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AMPHIPOD; ANATOMY; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMERSAL FISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MARINE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEAFLOOR; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

AMPHIPODA; ERICTHONIUS RUBRICORNIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870761870     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12003     Document Type: Article

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