Associations of demersal fish with sponge grounds on the continental slopes of the northwest Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-230

  Kenchington, E ^a   Power, D ^b   Koen Alonso, M ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demersal fish assemblages; Sponge grounds; Trawl catch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; EEL; RESEARCH VESSEL; SHARK; SPONGE; TRAWL NET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GRAND BANKS;

EID: 84875187687     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10127     Document Type: Article

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