A comparison of two techniques for the rapid assessment of marine habitat complexity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-235

  Lambert, Gwladys I ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b,c   Hinz, Hilmar ^a   Murray, Lee G ^a   Lael, Parrott ^d   Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Hiddink, Jan G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogenic habitat; Complexity; Epifauna; Fishing impact; Marine conservation; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875235970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12007     Document Type: Article

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